The thesis is a formal document whose sole purpose is to prove that you
have made an original contribution to knowledge.
(J.W. Chinneck, How to
Organize Your Thesis)
shorter proofs are not necessarily better ones;
the shortest proof is always "left as an excercise for the reader"
(L. Lamport, How
to Write a Proof.)
Bruce Williams, Archaeology
and Historical Problems of the Second Intermediate Period, Ph.D.
thesis, The University of Chicago, 1975.
(The manuscript covers xxxi + 2143 pages, including 598 figures, 95
tables, and 11 maps.)
date #pages
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Apr 27 315
Apr 26 315
Apr 23-25 no edit (making presentation)
Apr 22 313
Apr 21 314
Apr 20 314
Apr 19 306
Apr 18 306
Apr 8 - Apr 17 hard disk failure.
Apr 7 306 (Version 2; 1.5 space)
Mar 31 - Apr 6 hard disk failure.
Mar 30 237
Mar 29 237
Mar 28 237
Mar 27 237
Mar 25-26 no edit
Mar 24 237
Mar 23 238
Mar 22 no edit
Mar 21 238
Mar 12-20 no edit
Mar 11 238 (Version 1)...This version was given to my advisor.
Mar 10 230
Mar 09 231 (the first draft of chapter 9)...Yes, this is the last
chapter!!
Mar 08 232
Mar 07 222 (the first draft of chapter 8)
Mar 06 219
Mar 05 217
Mar 04 216
Mar 03 214
Mar 02 204
Mar 01 204
Feb 28 204
Feb 27 204
Feb 26 201
Feb 25 199 (the first draft of chapter 7)
Feb 24 197
Feb 23 195
Feb 22 194
Feb 21 190
Feb 20 173 (the first draft of chapter 6)
Feb 19 170
Feb 18 155 (the first draft of chapter 4)
Feb 17 154
Feb 16 152
Feb 15 152
Feb 14 152
Feb 13 134 (the first draft of chapter 5)
Feb 12 133
Feb 11 132
Feb 10 128
Feb 9 120 (I would say this is the first draft of chapter 3)
Feb 8 119
Feb 7 118
Feb 6 119
Feb 5 118
Feb 4 118
Feb 3 111
Feb 2 108
Jan 31 102
Jan 30 100
Jan 29 97
Jan 28 90
Jan 27 78
Jan 26 69 (the first draft of chapter 2) ... I wonder how
long it is going to be.
Jan 25 69
Jan 24 67
Jan 23 65
Jan 22 64
Jan 21 52
Jan 20 39
Jan 19 37
Jan 18 33 (the first draft of chapter 1)
Jan 17 33
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Jan 10 16
missing data
Jan 5 3 (outline)
Figure 1
Figure 2