Eco, Umberto 1932-2016 creator Mongiat Farina, Caterina translator Farina, Geoff translator Erspamer, Francesco foreword text bibliography mau Cambridge, Massachusetts MIT Press 2015 monographic eng ita

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xxvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice but also considers larger questions about the value of the thesis-writing exercise. How to Write a Thesis is unlike any other writing manual. It reads like a novel. It is opinionated. It is frequently irreverent, sometimes polemical, and often hilarious. Eco advises students how to avoid "thesis neurosis" and he answers the important question "Must You Read Books?" He reminds students "You are not Proust" and "Write everything that comes into your head, but only in the first draft." Of course, there was no Internet in 1977, but Eco's index card research system offers important lessons about critical thinking and information curating for students of today who may be burdened by Big Data. Umberto Eco ; translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina and Geoff Farina ; foreword by Francesco Erspamer. Includes bibliographical references. Dissertations, Academic Tesis y disertaciones académicas Tesis y disertaciones académicas Metodología Redacción de escritos técnicos Educación superior Investigaciones LB 2369 E19h 2015 378.2 9780262527132 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262527138 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2014018800 150226 20240122134715.0 125872 eng