Survival Guide for Scientists: Writing-Presentation-E-mail [Paperback]

Ad Lagendijk (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9053565124 | ISBN-13: 978-9053565124 | Publication Date: September 15, 2008 | Edition: 3rd Revised edition

During the course of Dutch physicist and Spinoza Prize–winner Ad Lagendijk’s long and influential career, he has published more than 300 articles, supervised over thirty doctoral dissertations, and given countless presentations and conference addresses. Over the years, his incisive consultations, tips, and rules for scientific study have proven themselves so beneficial to the emerging young scientists under his watch that he has been inundated with requests for a written version. Aimed primarily at undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students in the natural sciences, Survival Guide for Scientists presents Lagendijk’s practical how-to advice on essential topics such as the foundations for writing scientific texts, presenting data and research information, and writing and reading collegial e-mails. Each section is organized by a collection of short rules, outlined and numbered in a logical order as self-explanatory pieces of information—allowing the reader the freedom to study any number of them in any desired order. These concrete guidelines are all supplemented by an extensive index that forms a reference text of its own, with easy navigation—securing a place for the Survival Guide for Scientists on the shelves of scientific scholars and students alike.

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About the Author

Ad Langendijk is distinguished university professor at the University of Amsterdam, professor of physics at the University of Twente, and group leader at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics. He is a fellow of the American Physical Science Society, fellow of the European Optical Society, member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, and was in 1995 the Loeb lecturer at Harvard University. In 2002, Langendijk was awarded the Spinoza Prize, the Netherlands’ version of the Nobel Prize.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press; 3rd Revised edition edition (September 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9053565124
• ISBN-13: 978-9053565124
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,516,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)