• keepthepace@slrpnk.net
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    23 days ago

    Me as an intern in a lab, being asked among others to review a draft

    Hey, can you explain to me equation 3.1? I am not sure what N and Q refers to?

    Oh that one I just copied from another paper, it is not really important to the argument.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      23 days ago

      The lack of labeling each variable (with units!) in equations really boils my piss. Yes the author knows them by heart, but even peers in the same field could struggle to understand what they mean. If introductory chemistry and physics instructors beat the practice into their students I see no excuse for authors to leave them out in a thesis.