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Re: CN and my PhD thesis
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2020 Aug 22, 12:06 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2020 Aug 22, 12:06 -0400
Very good Igor! What was the field of your PhD?
On Aug 22, 2020, at 11:00, Igor S. <"NoReply_IgorS."@fer3.com> wrote:PhD candidates in the Netherlands, in addition to dissertation, must prepare a number of concise propositions/statements (in dutch Stellingen ) in a form of attachment.Traditionally part of it does not need to be directly related to the main content of dissertation. The idea behind is that a PhD candidate is able to defend these statements in public if he will be asked for (in practice it never happens).Here is the 7-th stelling from my PhD thesis (2009):7. Two things are only whispered when one talks seriously about sailing: celestial navigation and the harshest waters of Cape Horn.kind regards,Igor
