The conclusion section is very easy to write: all you have to do is to take your abstract and change the tense from present to past.
A fine potshot on writing a scientific paper from the archives of Annals of Improbable Research. This is the same society that awards the Ig Nobels. The quoted excerpt reminded me of a query from a colleague concerning the difference between the abstract and the conclusion in scientific papers.
And if the world of academic publishing and paper-reviewing piques your interest, here’s more humor on reviewing papers and addressing reviewer comments. You’ve got to be a fellow geek, if you’ve clicked on the links and spared a laugh at the least.
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June 26, 2007 at 8:13 am
Parth
🙂 I especially liked the ‘how to write the conclusions’ part in the first article.