Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. This exceptional volume explains what stands between you and fulfilling long-term research career. Bringing the key survival ski...
Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. This exceptional volume explains what stands between you and fulfilling long-term research career. Bringing the key survival skills into focus, A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! proposes a rational approach to establishing yourself as a scientist. It offers sound advice of selecting a thesis or postdoctoral adviser, choosing among research jobs in academia, government laboratories, and industry, preparing for an employment interview, and defining a research program. This book will help you make your oral presentations effective, your journal articles compelling, and your grant proposals successful. A Ph.D. Is Not Enough should be required reading for anyone on the threshold of a career in science.
P. J. 费贝尔曼 固体物理学家。1967年获加州大学圣迭戈分校物理博士学位。先后在法国萨克莱国家原子核研究中心和美国伊利诺大学厄尔巴那分校做博士后研究。其后有三年时间,在美国纽约州立大学石溪分校任物理学助理教授。1974年后在桑地亚国家实验室,成为技术部门的杰出成员。1989年荣获美国物理学会为表面科学的杰出研究人员设立的戴维逊-革末尔奖。
一 Experience is the best teacher (but only when the experience isn't fatal. It should be obvious that the problem with waiting for experience to dictate appropriate behaviors is that one is very likely to fail as a result of the bad experiences that are ...
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It is a pocket book, means you needn't spent weeks or even months to read. I finished it at my weekend, and did have an enjoy. This book taught you how to become a survival scientist. In my opinion, the author is only emphasized on 2 things: 1. You should...
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0 有用 karlan 2011-09-09 22:22:05
一些学术上的生存之道,看完感觉压力好大X_X
0 有用 Y叔 2009-06-06 13:25:09
昨晚9点多开始看,到半夜2点半看完。职业规划远比训练自己的科研技能要重要一些。 07/06看完第二遍。 2011/04/23看完第三遍。
0 有用 艾習角™ 2012-04-04 13:19:14
朴素平实
0 有用 azalea 2011-12-06 00:04:15
轻松易读但引人深思的小书,科学家的职业规划指导。
4 有用 anpopo 2012-11-10 11:57:41
雪中送了一盆炭,一语点醒迷糊人,原来可以有不去当苦逼AP的另一条路!而且好像身边就有这样的机会,这位老兄不说我根本就没意识到呢