Advice for a Young Investigator
- Hardcover
- Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1999
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". xx, 150pp. Mild rubbing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and toning to corners and edges of paper over boards. Slight lean to spine. Inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is firm and sound. A presentable hardcover in dust jacket.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a mythic figure in science. Hailed as the father of modern anatomy and neurobiology, he was largely responsible for the modern conception of the brain. His groundbreaking works were New Ideas on the Structure of the Nervous System and Histology of the Nervous System in Man and Vertebrates. In addition to leaving a legacy of unparalleled scientific research, Cajal sought to educate the novice scientist about how science was done and how he thought it should be done. This recently rediscovered classic, first published in 1897, is an anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro.
Cajal was a pragmatist, aware of the pitfalls of being too idealistic-and he had a sense of humor, particularly evident in his diagnoses of various stereotypes of eccentric scientists. The book covers everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.(Publisher).
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a mythic figure in science. Hailed as the father of modern anatomy and neurobiology, he was largely responsible for the modern conception of the brain. His groundbreaking works were New Ideas on the Structure of the Nervous System and Histology of the Nervous System in Man and Vertebrates. In addition to leaving a legacy of unparalleled scientific research, Cajal sought to educate the novice scientist about how science was done and how he thought it should be done. This recently rediscovered classic, first published in 1897, is an anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro.
Cajal was a pragmatist, aware of the pitfalls of being too idealistic-and he had a sense of humor, particularly evident in his diagnoses of various stereotypes of eccentric scientists. The book covers everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.(Publisher).
Details
Title
Advice for a Young Investigator
Author
y Cajal, Santiago Ramon; Swanson, Neely (Trans.); Swanson, Larry W. (Trans.)
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Good
Publisher
The MIT Press: Cambridge
Date
1999