Chemistry Ph.D. Student Illustrates Her Thesis in Comic Book  

作　　者：Susan 

出　　处：《新高考（英语进阶）》2015年第9期34-34,共1页

摘　　要：Late last spring,a doctoral student worked late into the night.As she doodled(涂鸦),her chemistry thesis took on a life of its own,transforming into a comic book.Veronica Berns,28,was working on her Ph.D.in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Berns said she long struggled to explain her work to her parents and friends.The self-described comic book fan said she began drafting her thesisLate last spring, a doctoral student worked late into the night. As she doodled （涂鸦）, her chemistry thesis took on a life of its own, transforming into a comic book.Veronica Berns, 28, was working on her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Berns said she long struggled to explain her work to her parents and friends. The self-described comic book fan said she began drafting her thesis on quasicrystals--a subset of crystals that diverge （相异） from the usual structural characteristics of crystals. Berns quickly concluded that she would be best able to describe the oddball compounds with illustrations.

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分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学] G633.41