Thesis-reporting in science for postgraduate students

This book is presented for the prospective PhD or Master Degree student, the supervisor and the university administration in order to serve as a reference point on all issues regarding elements of PhD dissertation/thesis reports. The book covers the most important components of a PhD dissertation-write-up from title to appendix and discussed relevant terminologies and concepts found in each chapter including the preliminary pages. Throughout the book, wherever it is found necessary to be specific, examples from physics have been used. Important terms such as analysis, abstract, table, figure, reference, theory, amongst others have been explained.Many books have been written to address the issue of thesis-reporting but almost all are targeted at education and the social sciences with very few of these authored by scientists. Further, they are also full of assumptions about the competences of prospective postgraduate students. In comparison, this book presents structural elements of theses proposals and reports in an analytical, exploratory, questioning and contexual manner which is situated within the contexts of extant and relevant literatures in the field.