The Printed Page - Talking Research and Physical Books with Professor Zhang
Description
3:00 - What June’s Reading Now - Star Wars and Information Theory
4:30 - How Disney has expanded the Star Wars universe into book
6:00 - The Benefits of Kindle Books
8:00 - Reading iPad in Bed: Frontlit Kindle versus Backlit Tablet
13:00 - Will physical books go away?
14:00 - Textbook trends in university: the Price of PDF and Publishers
16:00 - Why June prefers physical books
17:30 - What format will you give your children first?
20:00 - The process of publishing a research note or study in a journal
22:00 - The research paper review process: Single-blind vs. Double-blind
25:00 - Publishing in a research journal vs. on the web vs. in a book
26:00 - Finding the right medium for publishing an idea
27:00 - Writing a book from research findings: What are the downsides?
32:00 - How to find journals outside one’s own immediate field? The Archive!
33:00 - Google Scholar, Bing, Paper Search Engines
37:00 - The History of Color: How did people make paint pigments through history?
38:30 - Beetle espionage