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... 88xiii 10 THECRAFTOFSCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS Implicit in the opinions held by an audience of apresentation are the biases ofthe audience toward the subject and speaker. An example of this ... widely.11Thatvariety of opinions about the effectiveness of a presenteris not surprising; to see this spread, one simply has toread a set of teaching evaluations of a university profes-sor. 6THE CRAFTOFSCIENTIFIC ... upon the speaker, is that the success of the presentation depends upon the delivery of the speaker. If the speaker is so nervous or befuddled thathe or she cannot communicate the ideas to the...
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... 14 THECRAFTOFSCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS combination of these two problems caused many of the students to complain to the head ofthe department. How-ever, Oppenheimer was already aware ofthe ... sometruth. The unexpected realization of truth then makespeople laugh. At the beginning of a presentation in which 38 THECRAFTOFSCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS Presentations to Inform. For presentations ... important. 4THE CRAFTOFSCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS A second advantage of making a presentation is thata presentation allows the speaker the opportunity to ob-serve the reactions ofthe audience...
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