The Effective Scientist
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 26 February 2018
- 22 March 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781316779521
- 9781107171473
- 9781316620854
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.61kg, 288 Pages
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.49kg, 288 Pages
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Book description
What is an effective scientist? One who is successful by quantifiable standards, with many publications, citations, and students supervised? Yes, but there is much more. Truly effective scientists need to have influence beyond academia, usefully applying and marketing their research to non-scientists. This book therefore takes an all-encompassing approach to improving the scientist's career. It begins by focusing on writing and publishing - a scientist's most important weapon in the academic arsenal. Part two covers the numerical and financial aspects of being an effective scientist, and Part three focuses on running a lab effectively. The book concludes by discussing the more entertaining and philosophical aspects of being an effective scientist. Little of this material is taught in university, but developing these skills is vital to maximize the chance of being effective. Written by a scientist for scientists, this practical and entertaining book is a must-read for every early career-scientist, regardless of specialty.
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’Choose: A) Stumble through your career or: B) Read this book and avoid our mistakes.'
William J. Sutherland - Miriam Rothschild Chair in Conservation Biology, University of Cambridge
'With a relaxed and humorous style, Bradshaw indoctrinates the uninitiated into hard-won tricks of the trade, at times opening up to the reader about his own career missteps to illustrate a point.'
Source: The Times Higher Education
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