Survival skills for scientists / Federico Rosei, Tudor Johnston.

ISBN:

9781860949005

9781281867360

Title:

Survival skills for scientists / Federico Rosei, Tudor Johnston.

Author:

Rosei, Federico, 1972-

Personal Author:

Rosei, Federico, 1972-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 205 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Basic choices -- Basic strategies and actions -- The game of science -- Acquiring and using a reputation -- Communicating your science -- Cautionary tales -- L'envoi.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Science -- Vocational guidance.

Scientists.

Added Author:

Johnston, T. W.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2006

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This book provides young scientists, from physicists through to sociologists, the counsel and tools that are needed to be their own agents and planners, to survive and succeed, hopefully even thrive in science. Making a good career based on peer-reviewed science means navigating many stressful phases from graduate school through to permanent employment. Performing artists pay agents to help them in this effort. In effect, this book is designed to allow you to act as your own agent. You are counseled to analyze yourself deeply to know clearly what you want and whether you can live with it, how to make career choices and what you should then keep in mind, when to fight and when to yield. The unwritten rules of the "science game" are explained, including how to become published and known, the pitfalls of peer review and how to evade them, papers and posters, job interviews and getting your science funded. Interspersed with this are illustrative anecdotes and a fair amount of humor. While the book is aimed at young scientists, from graduate students and beyond, more senior scientists will benefit from seeing the world from the point of view of rising scientists and become aware of the preoccupations of people in a system which has changed much from when the present senior scientists were rather younger.

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Internationally renowned physicist Rosei and prominent and highly published physicist Johnston (both, Universite du Quebec, Canada) provide practical advice for individuals, particularly undergraduates, seeking careers in the sciences. Based on the authors' personal experiences, this work provides a guideline for pursuing a career in experimental or theoretical sciences. Divided into seven chronological sections ("Basic Choices," "Basic Strategies and Actions," "The Game of Science," "Acquiring and Using a Reputation," "Communicating Your Science," "Cautionary Tales," and "L'Envoi"), this work includes references, bibliography, a glossary, and a list of acronyms and funding agencies. Brief interviews with individuals about their positive and negative experiences in pursing a career in the sciences demonstrate theoretical concepts Rosei and Johnston discuss. The authors consider advantages and disadvantages of numerous career decisions, such as a postdoctorate research assistant position and selecting an untenured professor as an adviser. This useful, highly readable work guides individuals through the daunting decision of adviser selection, interviews, and the peer-review publishing process. Its organization makes information on specific topics easily accessible. Rosei and Johnston's advice has a place in academic libraries. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. K. J. Whitehair Kansas State University

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