Skills for a scientific life / John R. Helliwell.
| Author/creator | Helliwell, John R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2017] |
| Description | xv, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : How do you know you are suited to be a scientist. How to undertake that very important postdoctoral research -- Skills for a better researcher. How to recognise a good idea ; How to make significant discoveries ; How to write a successful grant proposal ; How to assess research risks ; How to set up, lead and care for your research team ; How to publish one's results ; How to communicate your results ; How to manage your time ; How to use a SWOT analysis to good effect ; How to use social media for your work ; How to avoid the travails of a research manager (or the pitfall of ending up not doing science) ; How to coexist with competitors ; How to deal with criticism ; How, and when, to effect collaborations ; How to hold to a vision including avoiding politics and carrying on regardless of managerialism -- Being a good science research citizen. How to referee grant proposals ; How to referee science articles ; How to write a balanced book review ; How to be a science research editor ; How to chair meetings -- Skills for being an educator. How to teach your subject to undergraduates ; How to supervise PhD postgraduate students ; How to be a good mentor -- Skills for realizing wider impacts. How to reach out to wider audiences and explain your research ; How to handle your inventions, patents and services to industry ; How to help improve gender equality -- Leadership posts. How do you know if you really want to be head of a department ; How to lead your learned society if you are elected as its president ; How to lead your research community as an instrument scientist -- Ethics, global development, policy and the organisation of science. How to retain your own piece of mind: the ethical aspects ; How to make your role a global one ; How to make your input into science policy ; How would you change the organisation of global science if you were in charge for one day. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2016028050 |
| ISBN | 9781498768757 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 149876875X (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Q180.55 .V6 H45 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |