The Sum
Σ One of the neatest pieces of shorthand I learned in my many mathematical years. “The Sum of” and then an expression or a concept. In simple terms, add up everything that looks like this. You might have some lower...
six thousand hours
Six Thousand Hours…
…is my ballpark, back-of-the-napkin calculation for how much time someone might spend working on a PhD. Compare that to two to three hours in the viva. Three orders of magnitude difference and then some. If you’re nervous about the viva:...