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[Top] [Prev] [Next] DEDICATION To my parents, Pete and Kathleen Fielding, who made all of this possible, for their endless encouragement and patience. And also to Tim Berners-Lee, for making the World Wide Web an open, collaborative project. What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. -- Crowfoot's last words (1890), Blackfoot warrior and orator.   Almost everybody feels at peace with nature: listening to the ocean waves against the shore, by a still lake, in a field of grass, on a windblown heath. One day, when we have learned the timeless way again, we shall feel the same about our towns, and we shall feel as much at peace in them, as we do today walking by the ocean, or stretched out in the long grass of a meadow. -- Christopher Alexander, The Timeless Way of Building (1979).
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Don't let yourself get stressed over your next dedication. Follow our helpful tips to guide you through your next dedication page. When you have finally completed the gruelling yet wonderful process of writing a book, short story, dissertation, etc., you are then faced with the difficult decision of dedicating this source of all your hard work to someone special. Here are some helpful tips to ease your anxiety and assist you in writing a dedication page. Picking a person  The most difficult part of writing this piece of front matter is choosing who you would like to dedicate your work to. Some writers may find it to be the most difficult part of the whole process. When choosing who to write your dedication for, think about the process you just went through and who helped you get through it. This could include a variety of people, including a parent, sibling, or other family member, a spouse or partner, a friend, a supervisor, a colleague, or even a pet. This is a very personal choice and there is no wrong decision. Naming names After you have decided who you will write your dedication for, you must decide how you are going to identify them. This will be based on your own personal preference and what is appropriate, according to your relationship with that person. The identification could vary from formal to informal. On the formal end of the spectrum, your dedication could be addressed to Dr. So and So, Mr. X, or even Mother and Father. In between formal and informal, there are options like Mom, Dad, My sister, My friend, a person’s first and last name (no title), etc. On the informal side, you could use the first name or nickname of someone you know. Reason for the dedication The next component in writing your dedication is explaining why you chose this person. Many authors provide a reason for their dedication selections. As with the whole dedication process, this.
In my case I used my dissertation dedication page to acknowledge someone who inspired me, beginning when I was five years old, to pursue a doctorate. This allowed me to provide a special honor while including a wider range of individuals in my dissertation acknowledgement. This is especially meaningful when you later present them with a hardcover copy of your dissertation. The length of dissertation dedications varies quite a bit. I looked at dissertation dedication page examples from numerous dissertations as I wrote mine. I just did a random survey of ten dissertations and three did not include dedications. The other seven had an average of 23 words each. The dissertation dedications pages were brief and usually centered on a spouse, family members, or sometimes an influential mentor. You can find dissertation dedication page examples from your school or advisor in Proquest Digital Dissertations.
0 Recommend To Mum and Dad Submitted almost three decades ago - I now read the dedication page with glasses balanced upon my nose and more than a few white hairs. It Will2014 14 months ago Previous Next Report Embed Close 0 Recommend To Mum and Dad Submitted almost three decades ago - I now read the dedication page with glasses balanced upon my nose and more than a few white hairs. It was only through the encouragement and support of my parents that I was able to go to university. Of course, many others helped me along the way, not least my supervisor, and numerous teaching staff and fellow students - hence my thesis also features a lengthy acknowledgements section! Will2014 14 months ago 1 Recommend Proper job! And indeed, mum did 'get a proper job'. Marielavelle 14 months ago Previous Next Report Embed Close 1 Recommend Proper job! And indeed, mum did 'get a proper job'. Marielavelle 14 months ago 0 Recommend My dissertation on sauropod dinosaurs, dedicated to Matt Wedel Last and absolutely not least, it my joy to thank Matt Wedel for his enormous contribution to getting me where I am today. Since that fatef MikeTaylor 14 months ago Previous Next Report Embed Close 0 Recommend My dissertation on sauropod dinosaurs, dedicated to Matt Wedel Last and absolutely not least, it my joy to thank Matt Wedel for his enormous contribution to getting me where I am today. Since that fateful day (9th January 2001) when I emailed him to ask for a copy of the Sauroposeidon paper, he has not only become one of my very best friends (second only to Fiona), but also an unofficial (and unpaid) additional supervisor, inducting me into the ways of sauropod science through a stream of informative and amusing emails while also maintaining a steady barrage on the subjects of Star Wars, ducks, Catholicism, biodiversity, the publishing business, killer rabbits, and why Sauron was the innocent.