Who Wants to be a Scientist?
Choosing Science as a Career

Essential information for anyone considering a career in scientific research.

Nancy Rothwell (Author)

9780521817738, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 September 2002

180 pages, 13 b/w illus.
23.6 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.389 kg

'… a valuable asset to anyone currently in, or contemplating, research, and should be recommended to all science undergraduates.' Biochemist

Scientific research is about discovering new things and applying them to improvements in life style for people and animals. But careers in science are now very demanding, requiring much more than a keen scientific mind and practical ability. If you are considering a career in research, have already embarked on your career and want to succeed, are uncertain which route to take, or advise, train or supervise scientists, this book should offer some helpful advice. It covers topics ranging from choosing a PhD or postdoctoral position, successful interviews and preparing your cv to managing your supervisor; how to give successful talks, publish high quality papers and get yourself known; and broad aspects of science which are so important today, including ethics and fraud, intellectual property and exploitation and disseminating science to the public.

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?.

Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS], Chemistry [PN], Physics [PH], Impact of science & technology on society [PDR], Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques [PDN], Scientific standards [PDD], Science: general issues [PD]