Who Wants To Be A Scientist?

Informationen zum Autor Nancy Rothwell is MRC Research Professor of Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester Klappentext Essential information for anyone considering a career in scientific research. 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
• Assisted by: Smudge (Illustration)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521520928
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52092-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology