Star Nebula University.
At the School of Life Sciences.
In front of an office.
Huo Xing, a freshman, knocked on the door respectfully.
"Please come in!"
A powerful voice sounded.
Huo Xing pushed open the door cautiously and came to a professor in his sixties.
"Professor Zhuo, I'm Huo Xing, a freshman in the biological sciences major. I've recently written a thesis. Both the Chinese and English versions are ready. Can you help me take a look?”
Zhuo Maode glanced at Huo Xing and nodded.
He had an impression of this student. He was very smart in class.
Zhuo Maode then took the USB drive from Huo Xing, put it into the USB port of the computer, and read the thesis.
"It's only been two and a half months since school started. Why are you writing a thesis now?" he asked curiously.”
" I heard from other students that theses and reading notes are a way to solidify knowledge and thinking." Huo Xing smiled shyly. If he was lucky enough to publish an academic paper, it would also be beneficial for his postgraduate entrance examination in the future.”
"Not bad!" Zhuo Maode praised. Writing a thesis was like a bee collecting honey. The fragrance of the book was like a flower. The essence of the book was like pollen, and the thesis was the two bee legs used to attach the pollen.”
During the conversation.
Reading the thesis was completed.
The title appeared on the screen.
" Estimated Abundance of Tyrannosaurs ".
Zhuo Maode saw the title and asked with a smile,""Why did you suddenly think of writing a thesis on dinosaurs?”
Huo Xing scratched his head and blushed." Lingard has been very popular in the football world recently. Everyone is making fun of him. The dinosaurs went extinct because their forelimbs were too short to applaud Lin Huang. So I had a flash of inspiration and thought of researching this…"
Zhuo Maode smiled and didn't say anything else. He began to read the thesis seriously.
He was a professor of biological science and understood the concept of abundance very well.
The abundance of species referred to the number of species in the community.
In different groups, the abundance would be different according to the environment and geography.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was the most terrifying overlord of the cretaceous period and had long gone extinct.
Calculating its abundance was a very tricky task.
In this thesis, Huo Xing estimated that during the 2.4 million years that Tyrannosaurs lived, there might have been at most 42 billion Tyrannosaurs on Earth!
Of course, so many tyrannosaurs did not appear at the same time.
Huo Xing used the relationship between the size of existing species and population density, combined with his current understanding of Tyrannosaurs, such as size, weight, growth pattern, reproductive age, life expectancy, and other factors.
He used the data to build a model to calculate the population variables and survival rates of juvenile tyrannosaurs, taking into account the abundance of tyrannosaur fossils that had been excavated from the ground.
The final conclusion of the research was:
The total number of tyrannosaurs that once lived on Earth was between 140 million and 42 billion. The most likely number was 2.5 billion.
There were about 20,000 adult tyrannosaurs alive on Earth at any given moment.
There were 20,000 Tyrannosauruses scattered across an area of 2.3 million square kilometers. On average, there was only one Tyrannosaur per 100 square kilometers.
When Zhuo Maode saw this, his heart was in turmoil.
The research conclusion in the thesis was not fabricated. Instead, it was reasonable and convincing.
Was this really a thesis written by a freshman?
Could it be that he copied it from a foreign research paper?
Thinking of this…
Zhuo Maode was skeptical, so he randomly took a section of the thesis and searched for it with his mother.
No match!
He thought for a moment, then logged into a thesis duplicate checking website and uploaded the entire thesis.
0.1% repetition rate!
It was more than qualified!
Zhuo Maode raised his head and looked at Huo Xing sharply. Did you really write this thesis?"
Huo Xing, who was still a little reserved just now, said with a firm expression,"Professor Zhuo, I really wrote this thesis!”
Zhuo Maode saw Huo Xing's clear eyes and nodded slightly. He continued to read the thesis on the computer.
After a long while.
"Your reasoning process is very ingenious, but there's a problem with the typography," Zhuo Maode said gratefully.
The details and the format of the cited literature were slightly inappropriate, but these were all small problems.
Leave the thesis with me for now. I'll edit it for you.”
"Thank you, Professor Zhuo!" Huo Xing quickly thanked him.”
Zhuo Maode smiled kindly.
He was very satisfied with the freshman in front of him.
The first year of the biological science major was mainly to train students in the basic theory and knowledge of biological science and technology.
When he was working at a top university, there were very few top students who could complete an academic thesis of this level in their first year.
Zhuo Maode suddenly remembered something and asked,""Huo, have you decided which journal to submit your thesis to?”
"I just finished my thesis and came to you for advice. I haven't decided which one to apply for yet!" Huo Xing said truthfully.”
Zhuo Maode was in a good mood and explained patiently,""The three top international academic journals are Nature, Science, and Cell.
As long as you could publish a paper in these three journals, it would be more useful than publishing more articles in the normal period.”
Huo Xing nodded.
He had long heard of these three academic journals.
《natura》。
Natural Science journal, impact factor 41.577.
The world's earliest international scientific journal, founded in 1869, consistently reports and reviews the most important breakthroughs in the global scientific and technological field.
It covered life sciences, natural sciences, clinical medicine, physical chemistry, and other fields.
《science》。
Science journal, impact factor 41.058.
It was an academic journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It was one of the most authoritative academic journals in the world.
It mainly published the latest scientific research results, covering various disciplines.
《cell》。
Cell Science, impact factor 31.398.
The best academic journal in the field of biological science.
Huo Xing knew very well that if his thesis could be published by these three major academic journals, it would be of great benefit to him in the future.
After he graduated, the HR of all the major companies would also look up to him.
At this time, Zhuo Maode suggested,"Since you haven't thought about it, I suggest you submit it to the Science journal."”
"Good! I'll listen to you." Huo Xing quickly replied.
……
Two days later.
In the office.
Zhuo Maode returned the USB drive to Huo Xing.
"I have already revised the thesis. There are not many parts that need to be changed, so I won't be thick-skinned and ask you to add my name.”
Hearing this, Huo Xing's heart skipped a beat.
Although he was introverted, he had heard of some rules in the education world that required co-signatures.
Two days ago, when he came to ask Professor Zhuo to revise his thesis, he had already made up his mind.
He was already satisfied to be able to publish it as the second author.
"Professor Zhuo, you have to add your name to the thesis!" Huo Xing hurriedly said. If it weren't for your guidance, the format of my thesis would have been wrong and my submission would have been rejected!”
Zhuo Maode smiled and shook his head,"You child…"
I'll help you arrange the layout and change some minor details.
This wasn't even an academic discussion, let alone co-signing.
I don't care about the rules of other professors, at least I don't have such rules here!”
With his status in the academic world, he didn't care about these things anymore.
As for Huo Xing.
An independently published thesis was extremely precious.
Professor Zhuo understood this very well.
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