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    How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
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    How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
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    How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

    By Sönke Ahrens

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    About this ebook

    The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and nonfiction writers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward.
    The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking-technique. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing.
    Instead of wasting your time searching for notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really counts: thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing. It does not matter if you prefer taking notes with pen and paper or on a computer, be it Windows, Mac or Linux. And you can start right away.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSönke Ahrens
    Release dateFeb 21, 2017
    ISBN9781393776819
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    How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
    Author

    Sönke Ahrens

    El Dr. Sönke Ahrens es escritor e investigador en el campo de la educación y las ciencias sociales, autor del premiado libro Experiment and Exploration. Forms of World-Disclosure (Springer).

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    • 5/5
      Fantastic book for anyone who wishes to learn how to write more efficiently. It includes a thorough discussion of an effective note taking and learning method that doesn't rely on one's willpower, but instead on how our brains are wired.

      Will be recommending it to my friends and colleagues.
    • 5/5
      Very important topic on how to process information. The foundation of the PKM movement.
    • 5/5
      This book is for anyone who thinks or wants to improve their thinking.
    • 5/5
      Ignore the misleading title- this book is a wonderful, engaging introduction into the HOW and WHY of academic writing.
      I would recommend it to anyone wondering why academics do what they do, as much as any student that just started his journey. Students in the humanities will love it!

      Regardles of whether a physical Zettelkasten is your goal or not, this highly motivating read is worth a look. :-)
    • 5/5
      Great book, I am going to implement as much as I can these strategies in my day to day activity as a math PhD

      1 person found this helpful