Doing Science offers a rare compendium of practical advice based on how working scientists pursue their craft. It covers each stage of research, from formulating questions and gathering data to developing experiments and analyzing results and finally to the many ways for presenting results. Drawing on his extensive experience both as a researcher and a research mentor, Ivan Valiela has written a lively and concise survey of everything a beginning scientist needs to know to succeed in the field. He includes chapters on scientific data, statistical methods, and experimental designs, and much of the book is devoted to presenting final results. He gives valuable suggestions for improving scientific writing, for preparing scientific talks, and devotes three chapters to hands-on advice for presenting data in charts, tables, and graphs. Anyone beginning a scientific career, or anyone who advises students in research, will find Doing Science an invaluable source of advice.
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"I recommend this book as a textbook to courses in universities all over the world."--Photosynthetica
"The last chapter of the book covers perceptions and criticisms of science and presents a summary of why the scientific community is often mistrusted. ... I would urge all readers to start with this chapter because it causes the reader to place the information of Doing Science in context. ... The book is extremely well written ..."--Journal of Environmental Quality
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Ivan Valiela is a professor in the Boston University Marine Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
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We make scientific progress in unpredictable and multifaceted ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
quadrat sampling technique, roundabout phrasing, point intercept method, perspective graphs, bivariate graphs, phantom risks, tick labels, doing science, pie diagrams Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Obtaining Scientific Information, Case Studies of Graphics, Communication of Scientific Information, Principles of Research Design, Chemical Abstracts, Academic Press Limited, Communicating Scientific Information, Fish Biol, Cape Cod, Government Printing Office, United Kingdom, Elsevier Science, Francis Bacon, Marine Ecological Processes, Boston Globe, Charles Darwin, Harvard University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Pacific Ocean, Scientific Information Transfer, The Editor's Role, Blackwell Science Ltd, Central Ave, Church of England New!
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- How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper: 5th Edition by Robert A. Day on 4 pages
- Marine Ecological Processes by I. Valiela on 4 pages
- The Elements of Graphing Data by William S. Cleveland on page 106, and page 216
- Sceptical Essays (Routledge Classics) by Bertrand Russell on page 263, and page 281
- Statistics for Environmental Engineers, Second Edition by Linfield C. Brown on page 46, and page 75
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- The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Scott L. Montgomery in Back Matter
- Presenting at Conferences, Seminars and Meetings by Kerry Shephard on page 159
- Teaching Academic Writing: A Toolkit for Higher Education (Literacies) by Caroline Coffin in Back Matter
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