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The Rise of the Scientist-Bureaucrat - Survival Guide for Researchers in the 21st Century (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Rise of the Scientist-Bureaucrat - Survival Guide for Researchers in the 21st Century (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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"Perez Velazquez has written a little gem that I advise reading to
anyone persuing a scientific career, as well as for the general
public interested in the sociological aspects of science. It alerts
the reader about the rise of a new type of scientist, buried in
bureaucracy and financial issues. In contrast to past generations,
this "new scientist" is sadly left with minimal time to dedicate to
creative work. It studies the consequences of this state of
affairs, the problems associated with peer reviewing, the dilemma
of funding innovative research, the nature of corporate academic
culture and the trivialization of scientific achievement by grant
agencies and universities. It also provides possible solutions for
these problems. All this is magnificently exemplified and
documented, including personal experiences from the author and a
touch of humor illustrated in the accompanying cartoons. Despite
the humor, it is a serious piece of work that would also be useful
for the conscientious academic worried about the difficulties of
the current research scene." Marina Frantseva, MD, PhD Jose Luis
Perez Velazquez is a Spanish biochemist/biophysicist. He has a
degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Molecular Physiology &
Biophysics. His research activities are mainly in the fields of the
brain-behaviour relation at a high level of description, seeking
principles of biological organisation. He worked as a senior
scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and was
Professor at the University of Toronto, where he taught a graduate
course on consciousness and self-awareness, which derived in part
from his book The Brain-Behaviour Continuum (World Scientific). He
also edited the book Coordinated Activity in the Brain (Springer),
and edited special issues for The Journal of Biological Physics,
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience and Frontiers in
Computational Neuroscience. Currently he is a Research Scholar at
the Ronin Institute, where he continues to investigate a possible
global principle, a scheme that combines theoretical studies and
experimental observations, aimed at conceptualizing how
consciousness arises from the organization of matter.
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