Who Wants to Be a Scientist? - Choosing Science As a Career

Informationen zum Autor Nancy Rothwell is MRC Research Professor of Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester Zusammenfassung Scientific research is about discovering new things and applying them to improvements in life style for people and animals. Careers in science are now very demanding! requiring much more than a keen scientific mind and practical ability. This book offers practical advice on how to choose science as a career. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Starting out in research; 3. Getting down to research; 4. Publish or perish; 5. Communication and getting known; 6. Moving up; 7. Responsibilities; 8. Funding research; 9. Who owns science; 10. Conduct and ethics; 11. Science and society; 12. Power, pressure and politics; 13. Social aspects of science; 14. So who does want to be a scientist?.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Rothwell, Nancy (University of Manchester) Rothwell, Rothwell Nancy
• Assisted by: Smudge (Illustration)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521817738
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81773-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments, SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques, EDUCATION / Counseling / Career Development, chemistry, Physics, Biology, life sciences, Careers guidance, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Chemical biology