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Introduction. PART I: STYLE AND METHODS. 1. The Laboratory Notebook. 2. Literature Work. 3. Getting Started: Outline and First Draft. 4. Writing Style. 5. Writing Techniques. PART II: THE COMPONENTS OF A THESIS. 6. Title, Title Page. 7. Dedication, Preface, Acknowledgements. 8. Table of Contents. 9. Abstract. 10. Introduction, Definition of the Problem. 11. Results. 12. Discussion. 13. Conclusions. 14. Experimental Section. 15. Bibliography. 16. Appendices, Miscellaneous Other Sections. PART III: SPECIAL ELEMENTS. 17. Footnotes. 18. Numbers, Quantities, Units, and Functions. 19. Mathematical Expressions and Equations. 20. Tables. 21. Figures. Solutions to the Challenges. Index.