A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science
ISBN: 9780465022229 | 0465022227
Edition: RevisedFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date: 1/11/2011
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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.
In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a fulfilling long-term research career. He offers sound advice on selecting a thesis or postdoctoral adviser; choosing among research jobs in academia, government laboratories, and industry... MORE
A classic guide for recent and soon-to-be graduates, A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! remains required reading for anyone on the threshold of a career in science. This new edition includes two new chapters and is revised and updated throughout to reflect how the revolution in electronic communication has transformed the field.
A revised edition of the classic pocket guide to making a life in academia
| Preface: What This Book Is About | p. xi |
| Acknowledgements | p. xix |
| Do You See Yourself in This Picture? | p. 1 |
| Advice from a Dinosaur? | p. 19 |
| Important Choices: A Thesis Adviser, a Postdoctoral Job | p. 27 |
| Giving Talks | p. 39 |
| Writing Papers: Publishing Without Perishing | p. 53 |
| From Here to Tenure: Choosing a Career Path | p. 69 |
| Job Interviews | ... MOREp. 91 |
| Getting Funded | p. 107 |
| Establishing a Research Program | p. 121 |
| A Survival Checklist | p. 135 |
| Afterthoughts | p. 141 |
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A Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, Peter J. Feibelman received a PhD in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, did postdoctoral research at the C.E.N. Saclay (France) and the University of Illinois (Urbana), and taught for three years at Stony Brook University. Feibelman lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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