THE JOY OF SCIENCE: EXCELLENCE AND ITS REWARDS
by Sindermann, Carl J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 030642035X
- ISBN 13
- 9780306420351
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About This Item
New York: Plenum Press, 1985. Red Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8 7/16" Tall. In this book the author continues - supplements is a better descriptive - his examination of scientific career paths that began with "Winning the Games Scientists Play." Here the subject is less how to get to the top (although the first section does show how some scientists did it) than (the subject of the second section, "The Scientific Elite") how to behave and prosper once you're arrived there. The third section ("Descent from Career Peaks") provides cautionary examples of what hubris, burn-out, or malfeasance can do to wreck otherwise admirable careers. In all three sections case histories are attached to commentary, and his point that excellence in science must be accompanied by excellence in character is well illustrated. Like its predecessor it is a book that should be given to every young science graduate, along with his diploma and sign up bonus. 259 pages with Prologue, Epilogue, and Index; plus Preface and Contents. DJ has curled at upper front and has one tear; boards are clean and sound; text is clean and strong.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200925
- Title
- THE JOY OF SCIENCE: EXCELLENCE AND ITS REWARDS
- Author
- Sindermann, Carl J
- Format/Binding
- Red Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 030642035X
- ISBN 13
- 9780306420351
- Publisher
- Plenum Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Careerism; Science; Scientists; Research; Scientific Research; Science Careers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- Size
- 8 7/16" Tall
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