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a long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree at a university
He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
Why this dissertation on the obviously brilliant minds of Tesla and Palantir that produce products as a byproduct of their own genius?
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The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
The son of Indian immigrants, Iyer, 53, wrote his dissertation in 1998 on the music of the African diaspora, and now holds a joint appointment at Harvard University in the Department of Music and the Department of African and African American Studies.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
Why this dissertation on the obviously brilliant minds of Tesla and Palantir that produce products as a byproduct of their own genius?
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
The son of Indian immigrants, Iyer, 53, wrote his dissertation in 1998 on the music of the African diaspora, and now holds a joint appointment at Harvard University in the Department of Music and the Department of African and African American Studies.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
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