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Title: A Ph.D. Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman ISBN: 0-201-62663-2 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: January, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (23 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very informative book
Comment: This short book gives a lot of advices that should be carefully considered for all budding scientists. Of course, if you are a tenured university professor, this might not be the book for you -- but it might be valuable to your students.
My current academic status is a graduate student in biophysics. I am a weighing my options of either going to industry or academia after graduation. This book has given me a lot of worthwhile suggestions. There are certainly some factors that I haven't even considered until I read this book. The book also taught me a lot of 'survival skills' that I should start practicing.
I believe that a lot of my peers are going through graduate school with ignorance on skills that are not directly related to physics, such as presentation skills, publishing and writing skills, and communication skills. These are probably more important in finding a secure job than a high IQ brain.
One of the main goal of this book is to help us consider the ingredients needed for a secure and stable scientific career. I believe this will save some of us a lot of headaches in the future.
For negatives, I believe that the author tries to assume that we (the audience) are all high caliber students and postdocs. I definitely don't consider myself someone who will make any major contribution to science, or being capable of publishing 1 paper every year or so. I don't know if I can even produce 1 publication within my entire graduate career. Furthermore, I really wish there were more in-depth discussion on finding the right mentor in the academic and industrial world. Despite the cons, I still think this book should be read by all serious researchers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Worked for me!
Comment: When I bought Feibelman's book, I was in my 3rd postdoc fellowship and worried that I'd never find a decent job in physics. I read the book and within a short time I landed a tenure-track position, obtained substantial grant funding, and started a thriving research program. The advice in the book helped me figure out how to present myself as a job candidate, how to negotiate a job offer, and how to write a compelling grant proposal.
If this review sounds to you like an ad for a miracle diet pill, you're right. The advice in the book really worked for me, and I recommend it highly to anyone planning a career in science.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: This is a great book for absolutely anyone working on his/her PhD or looking for career advice at the end of their PhD. In fact, it will be a great help even to those who are long finished with their PhD's especially if they are currently advising their own students.
The writing style is very friendly and straightforward, as if the author is talking to you, sitting across from you. More importantly, the advise is very practical and comes from someone who has a lot of experience in academia.
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Title: Tomorrow's Professor : Preparing for Careers in Science and Engineering by Richard M. Reis ISBN: 0780311361 Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $52.95 |
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Title: Writing Successful Science Proposals by Andrew J. Friedland, Carol L. Folt ISBN: 0300081413 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Advice to a Young Scientist (The Sloan Science Series) by Peter Brian Medawar ISBN: 0465000924 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: June, 1981 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: How To Write & Publish a Scientific Paper: 5th Edition by Robert A. Day ISBN: 1573561657 Publisher: Oryx Press Pub. Date: 18 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Ph.D. Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen ISBN: 0195119002 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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