The Craft of Scientific Research: lecture 5
The craft of Scientific Research focuses on a set of transferable skills that are deemed essential for the practice of scientific research. The first part of three lectures focuses on the fundamental concept of scientific truth and how humanity pursues it: Why do we need to know? What is a model? How do we know? Then we deliver a long list of “how to” lectures: How to choose a research topic, How to write and publish a scientific paper, How to review a paper or a grant, How to give a scientific presentation, How to do research, How to build and run a research group, and How to write a grant application. Grant writing and peer reviewing will also be the subject of two tutorials and two individual projects; their completion will be required to pass the exam. The delivery is hybrid: all frontal teaching will be done online, but the two tutorials require physical attendance.
Lecture 5: How to do research
This is the central lecture of the whole course. We define what scientific research is, and then we discuss how research walks the whole pyramid of knowledge, from the observation of signals into data, their annotation into information, the uplift of information into tentative knowledge, and the complex step toward wisdom, the knowledge that resisted extensive falsification attempts and can be used for decision-making. Then, we discuss the difference between basic and applied research.
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