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Make Your Mark in Science
Claus Ascheron
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Description for Make Your Mark in Science
Paperback. This book is a guide for graduate students, doctoral students and beginning professional scientists and engineers on the art of communicating their scientific achievements in oral presentations and written publications. There is a need for such a book because college and university courses rarely address topics of creativity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
This excellent guide tells graduate students and other young scientists and engineers everything they need to know to help them work creatively and communicate their achievements in oral presentations and written publications. Also addressing the topics of scientific ethics, electronic publishing, and patents, this concise but comprehensive book will help answer many of the questions faced by novice researchers, thereby making their tasks seem less intimidating.
This excellent guide tells graduate students and other young scientists and engineers everything they need to know to help them work creatively and communicate their achievements in oral presentations and written publications. Also addressing the topics of scientific ethics, electronic publishing, and patents, this concise but comprehensive book will help answer many of the questions faced by novice researchers, thereby making their tasks seem less intimidating.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471657330
SKU
V9780471657330
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Claus Ascheron
CLAUS ASCHERON is Physics Editor at Springer-Verlag Heidelberg and a former professor of Kyoto University. He has given lectures on the topics of creativity, presenting, and publishing at numerous universities and professional conferences. ANGELA KICKUTH also works in science publishing and as a freelance writer and translator. Both authors have themselves survived the experience of obtaining a PhD in physics. Both also subsequently pursued careers in research, with appointments at universities and other research centers in several countries.
Reviews for Make Your Mark in Science
"...succeeds at its intent, which is to give good advice on basic skills necessary for a successful scientific career." (Physics Today, December 2005) "...essential for young scientists...as well as for experienced scientists who need to improve their communication skills." (Journal of Chemical Education, September 2005) "…a good book containing great advice on publishing and presenting scientific results, patenting scientific work, and the creative side of science." (Journal of Natural Products, August 2005) “designed to help young scientists to communicate their scientific achievements effectively…” (Physics World, August 2005) "…brings many important aspects of professional scientific endeavor together in one place and in an informal and understandable language…comprehensive and offers much that would be of interest…" (CHOICE, June 2005) "A sensible, eminently readable collection of nuts-and-bolts information…gives a concise, thorough, and above all pragmatic answer to the question 'What's it really like to be a scientist?'" (E-STREAMS, May 2005) "...an excellent and readable guide to developing the right mental attitudes to allow creativity to flourish..." (Chemistry World, Vol.2, No.4, April 2005)