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Course How To Read A Book
Course How To Read A Book
Course How To Read A Book
http://endrayanto.staff.ugm.ac.id/courses/UMS1001
The purpose of reading
(non-fiction) books
to gain, and retain, information — as
quickly and easily as possible
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Information Structure
(hourglass)
Non‐fiction books very often have an
GENERAL “hourglass” structure that is repeated at
several levels of organization.
3
Order of reading
(more or less after you read cover, ToC)
Conclusion
Section headings:
help you understand the book’s structure
20 min presentation
(about 10-20 slides of PPT presentation)
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Presentation
Group 12
Group 11
Group 10
Group 9
7
Presentation
Group 8
Group 7*
Group 6*
Group 5*
8
Presentation
Group 4
Group 3
Group 2
Group 1*
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Order of Presentations
December 3, 2008
Group 9:
Chapter 5: The Twilight of Greek Mathematics
Group 8
Chapter 6: The First Awakening: Fibonacci
Group 6
Chapter 8: The Mechanical World:
Descrastes and Newton
Group 7
Chapter 7: The Renaissance of Mathematics:
Cardan and Tartaglia 10