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The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science
Victor A. Bloomfield
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Description for The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science
Paperback. A guidebook that addresses the challenges that scientists-in-training face. It offers advice on how to pursue research ethically, manage time, and communicate effectively, especially at academic conferences and with students and peers. It also includes a synopsis of points at the end of the chapters. Series: Chicago Guides to Academic Life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JNZ; PD; VSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Embarking upon research as a graduate student or postdoc can be exciting and enriching - the start of a rewarding career. But the world of scientific research is also a competitive one, with grants and good jobs increasingly hard to find. "The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science" is intended to help scientists not just cope with but excel at this critical phase in their careers.Victor A. Bloomfield and Esam E. El-Fakahany, both well-known scientists with extensive experience as teachers, mentors, and adminstrators, have combined their knowledge to create a guidebook that addresses all of the challenges that today's ... Read more
Embarking upon research as a graduate student or postdoc can be exciting and enriching - the start of a rewarding career. But the world of scientific research is also a competitive one, with grants and good jobs increasingly hard to find. "The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science" is intended to help scientists not just cope with but excel at this critical phase in their careers.Victor A. Bloomfield and Esam E. El-Fakahany, both well-known scientists with extensive experience as teachers, mentors, and adminstrators, have combined their knowledge to create a guidebook that addresses all of the challenges that today's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Guides to Academic Life
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226060644
SKU
V9780226060644
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About Victor A. Bloomfield
Victor A. Bloomfield is professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and a former dean of the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota. Esam E. El-Fakahany is professor of psychiatry, pharmacology, and neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is also former associate dean of the Graduate School. Together, El-Fakahany and Bloomfield established and ... Read more
Reviews for The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science
"There are many excellent and thorough books on various segments of the scientific career, but none that cover the span of years and experiences described in this text. The selection of topics is appropriately broad, yet the focus remains on the elements of success. It is a mentor in print." - Karen L. Klomparens, Dean of the Graduate School, Michigan ... Read more