Yeah, and if you are actually in the field and trying to learn it (as you are and this article's intended audience is not), a nice little bonus is that PhD thes

Yeah, and if you are actually in the field and trying to learn it (as you are and this article's intended audience is not), a nice little bonus is that PhD theses are usually formatted in a way that's very friendly to markin' 'em up as you come to grips with the material.