How to Write a Thesis

The famous writer, professor at several universities, author of best-selling novels Umberto Eco 1932–2016 addresses in this book his favorite audience – teachers and students. Everything a researcher needs to know, especially when embarking on a thesis, dissertation, or one of the first scientific articles, is presented with intelligence and tact, with artistic expression and magnificent technicality. Any academic supervisor, giving this book to a thesis or graduate student, will be relieved of worries. Any young scholar who works through this book will be freed from doubts. Anyone who reads this book will experience genuine joy. Although some points regarding the technical aspects of writing a thesis are outdated – no one uses typewriters anymore, books are more often scanned than copied – everything concerning the intellectual component is universal in nature and will always be relevant.