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On the surface the academic career path seems straightforward, with a logical progression from undergrad to graduate student to postdoc to professor. In reality there are many twists, turns, obstacles and pitfalls that can stand in the way of a successful and rewarding academic career. A Guide to Academia: Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs, and a Research Job is a practical resource to help students and early
career scientists successfully navigate the ups and downs of academic careers.
A Guide to Academia provides real-life insights and insider tips on everything you didn't know you needed to know about grad school, postdocs, and academic careers. Chapters give practical and transferable advice on many of the issues you will face in your early academic career from finding an advisor to applying for jobs and giving scientific talks.
Written by a Ph. D. who has traveled down this same career path, and filled with useful real world examples, A Guide to Academia will provide readers with an invaluable head start to their academic career.
career scientists successfully navigate the ups and downs of academic careers.
A Guide to Academia provides real-life insights and insider tips on everything you didn't know you needed to know about grad school, postdocs, and academic careers. Chapters give practical and transferable advice on many of the issues you will face in your early academic career from finding an advisor to applying for jobs and giving scientific talks.
Written by a Ph. D. who has traveled down this same career path, and filled with useful real world examples, A Guide to Academia will provide readers with an invaluable head start to their academic career.
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- Title A Guide to Academia: Getting Into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs, and a Research Job
- Author Prosanta Chakrabarty
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication date 2012-03-20
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index
- ISBN 9780470960417 / 0470960418
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.5 in (24.13 x 17.02 x 1.27 cm)
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Themes
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Higher Education
- Category Science
- Library of Congress subjects Universities and colleges - Graduate work
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011048156
- Dewey Decimal Code 378.155
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