Who Wants To Be A Scientist?: Choosing Science As A Career

Who Wants to be a Scientist? 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, want to succeed and are uncertain which route to take, or need to advise, train or supervise scientists, this book should offer some helpful advice. It covers topics ranging from choosing a Ph.D. or post-doctoral position, successful interviews and preparing your CV, to managing your supervisor, giving successful talks, publishing high-quality papers and getting yourself known, as well as broad aspects of science which are so important today, including ethics and fraud, intellectual property and exploitation and disseminating science to the public. na nc y ro t h w e l l is MRC Research Professor of Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester. Who Wants to be a Scientist? Choosing Science as a Career na nc y ro t h w e l l University of Manchester Illustrations by Smudge Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521817738 © Nancy Rothwell 2002 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in prin