nocturnal digressions
coming up shortly ;-)
For now, I engage you in a few interesting blogs, comics and youtube channels I enjoy and follow .
The blog post by Ross H. McKenzie: Condensed Concepts, where he discusses some of the recent developments in condensed matter physics and a variety of research related issues in science.
I enjoy a few comics -- the most notable being Calvin & Hobbes and recently the PhD Comics (links below)
Some of the youtube channels on science topics and visualization based maths/science is highly recommended. It is nearly impossible to provide separate links to each of the videos I found interesting --- I especially recommend the youtube channels Veritasium and 3 Blue 1 Brown and thank them for awesome videos.
Supervisor-student relationship
While this is a subjective matter and depends a lot on the cultural backgrounds, efficiency of communication channels (read language barriers), and the individual personalities, I believe that clearly expressing and agreeing upon certain rules of engagement is a step in the right direction.
A few agreeable ideas and discussions . . .
Effective PhD Supervision: relationship between students and supervisors
How to maintain a good relationship with your phd supervisor
Mainhard, T., van der Rijst, R., van Tartwijk, J. et al. A model for the supervisor–doctoral student relationship. High Educ 58, 359–373 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-009-9199-8
Interesting lecture notes and courses
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