It's not enough to have a Ph.D. (Guidelines for Navigating the Sea of Science)

Author: P. J. Feibelman (USA), translated by Qian Youhua
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Regardless of your graduate education, intelligence, and technical abilities, your research career may not be reassuring. Permanent positions are scarce, and conventional graduate education rarely emphasizes scientific survival skills, while finding good consultants in this area is difficult. This unique book explains what you need to face before achieving a successful long-term research career. The book focuses on essential bottom-up skills and proposes a rational approach to shaping yourself into a scientist. It provides reliable advice on various aspects, such as: choosing a thesis or postdoctoral advisor; selecting research positions between academic labs, government labs, and industrial research institutes; preparing for hiring interviews; determining research projects, and more. This book helps you deliver effective oral presentations, generate interest in your published papers, and succeed in grant applications. Every aspiring scientist at the threshold of a career in science should read this book.
Regardless of your graduate education, intelligence, and technical abilities, your research career may not be reassuring. Permanent positions are scarce, and conventional graduate education rarely emphasizes scientific survival skills, while finding good consultants in this area is difficult. This unique book explains what you need to face before achieving a successful long-term research career. The book focuses on essential survival skills and proposes a rational approach to shaping yourself into a scientist. It provides reliable advice on various aspects, such as: choosing a thesis or postdoctoral advisor; selecting research positions between academic labs, government labs, and industrial research institutes; preparing for hiring interviews; determining research projects, and more. This book helps you deliver effective oral presentations, generate interest in your published papers, and succeed in grant applications. Every aspiring scientist at the threshold of a career in science should read this book.