The Ph. D. process : a student's guide to graduate school in the sciences / / Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen
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| Autore: |
Bloom Dale F. <1949->
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| Titolo: |
The Ph. D. process : a student's guide to graduate school in the sciences / / Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 507/.1/173 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science - Study and teaching (Graduate) |
| Biology - Study and teaching (Graduate) | |
| Doctor of philosophy degree | |
| Graduate students | |
| Altri autori: |
KarpJonathan D. <1964->
CohenNicholas <1938->
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Deciding to Go to Graduate School -- 2 Selecting an Advisor: Whose Lab Is Right for Me? -- 3 The Stages of Graduate School -- 4 Classes, Journal Clubs, Lab Meetings, and Seminars -- 5 The Absent Professor -- 6 How You Learn -- 7 Deciding on Research Projects for Your Dissertation -- 8 Networking -- 9 Picking a Dissertation Committee, and Defending the Proposal at the Preliminary Oral Exam -- 10 The Life of a Graduate Student -- 11 Some Additional Aspects of Graduate School Life: Lab Notebooks, Etiquette, Competition, Luck -- 12 Do I Belong Here?: Insecurity and Stress -- 13 Foreign Students: Unique Problems and Stresses -- 14 On the Art of Scientific Writing -- 15 What Should Your Goals Be While in Graduate School? -- 16 Times They Are A-Changing -- 17 The End Is in Sight: Writing the Dissertation -- 18 The Final Oral Exam (The Defense) -- References and Additional Reading -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- F -- G -- I -- J -- L -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This guide is a chronicle of the graduate school years that describe the intellectual and emotional experience of obtaining a Ph.D. in a scientific field. Readers will learn what to expect, how to prepare for oral exams and dissertation writing, reap the long-term benefits and acquire strategies for survival and success. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Doctor of philosophy process |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Ph. D. process |
| ISBN: | 1-283-11342-2 |
| 9786613113429 | |
| 0-19-977482-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910971534703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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