Nancy Rothwell (University of Manchester)

Who Wants to Be a Scientist?

Choosing Science as a Career

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780521817738
• ISBN-10: 0521817730
• Artikelnr.: 22174855

Autorenporträt

Nancy Rothwell is MRC Research Professor of Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

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?.