MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Late last spring, a doctoral student worked late into the night. As she doodled, her chemistry thesis took on a life of its own, transforming into a comic book. Veronica Berns, 28, was working on her Ph. D. in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin -Madison. Berns said she long struggled to explain her work to her parents and friends. The self-described comic book fan said she began drafting her thesis on quasicrystals - a subset of crystals that diverge from the usual st...
UW-Madison Doctoral Student Illustrates Her Thesis With A Comic
The Huffington Post - 20 Apr 2015 20:47
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Late last spring, a doctoral student worked late into the night. As she doodled, her chemistry thesis took on a life of its own, transforming into a comic book. Veronica Berns, 28, was working on her Ph. D. in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin -Madison. Berns said she long struggled to explain her work to her parents and friends. The self-described comic book fan said she began drafting her thesis on quasicrystals - a subset of crystals that diverge from the usual st...
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