PhD Is Not Enough! : a Guide to Survival in Science.
Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. This exceptional volume explains what stands bet...
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505 | 0 | |a Contents; Preface: what this book is about; Acknowledgments; 1 Do You See Yourself in This Picture?; 2 Advice from a Dinosaur?; 3 Important Choices; 4 Giving Talks; 5 Writing Papers; 6 From Here to Tenure; 7 Job Interviews; 8 Getting Funded; 9 Establishing aResearch Program; 10 A Survival Checklist; Afterthoughts. | |
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