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Stix (Paperback)
Frederick H. Gray
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R452
Discovery Miles 4 520
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A helter-skelter ride of emotions that takes the reader through an
18-month period that drastically changes the life of a 10 year-old
boy in 1950s England. Living in a city but having the nature and
mind of the countryside, his story will have you laughing and
crying from one chapter to the next. From the terror of an escaped
bull to a girl with 'Kingfisher eyes'. Can a 10 year old boy be in
love with a beautiful Welsh teacher who wears tight skirts,
stockings and high heels? Can a father's love withstand the
cruellest of life's blows? And what happened to the missing girl?
Laughter, fear, humiliation, love and despair, Stix meets them all.
An empowering guide for students in STEMM that demystifies the
process of securing undergraduate research experiences. Conducting
research is an important foundation for many undergraduates on
STEMM career paths. But landing an extremely competitive research
spot that is also an enriching experience involves knowing how to
present yourself effectively and an awareness of your goals and
expectations. In this book, an expert lab manager and a longtime
principal investigator share their secrets for obtaining these
coveted positions. Offering advice to students in a wide variety of
STEMM fields at both research-intensive universities and primarily
undergraduate institutions, Getting In helps students navigate the
hidden curriculum of academia, unofficial rules that
disproportionately affect first-generation college students and
those from low-income backgrounds and communities historically
underrepresented in science. The authors provide not only an
overview of STEMM research and lab opportunities but also specific
strategies for the entire application process-including how to
write emails that get noticed by busy professors, how to ask for a
research position during office hours, and interview questions to
prepare for-so students can claim their place in research settings.
With its emphasis on the many interpersonal and professional
benefits of research experiences, Getting In equips all STEMM
undergrads with the tools they need both to secure these valued
positions and to develop habits that will build productive
relationships with their future research mentors.
Special Features: -Each module chapter contains a review of the
most important material from previous chapters -Each unit provides
a clear, nonstatistical explanation of any symbols appearing in the
formulas for that chapter. -Each chapter reviewing
hypothesis-testing procedures contains its own distribution tables
-An illustrative excercise is reviewed with each statistical
technique introduced -Review questions are included in each chapter
-Step-by-step procedure rather than drill is emphasized
All manner of medical practitioners have had their scruples
dissected ad infinitum. In spite of the attention paid to medical
ethics and bioethics, little has been paid to the ethical roles and
responsibilities of those who are ultimately in charge of hospital
governance: hospital trustees. Deriving from a Hastings Center
research project involving meetings with a national task force of
experts and extensive interviews with 98 nonprofit hospital
trustees and CEOs over a two-year period, The Ethics of Hospital
Trustees shows that the decisions made by these often overlooked
members of the health community do raise important ethical issues,
and that ethical dimensions of trustee service should be more
explicitly recognized and discussed.Practical as well as
theoretical, The Ethics of Hospital Trustees uncovers four basic
principles: 1. Fidelity to mission; 2. Service to patients; 3.
Service to the community; and 4. Institutional stewardship. In
delineating the extremely important functions of hospital trustees,
from patient safety to financial responsibility, the contributors
outline not only how hospital trustees do perform -- they give a
fresh understanding to how they should perform as well.
An empowering guide for students in STEMM that demystifies the
process of securing undergraduate research experiences. Conducting
research is an important foundation for many undergraduates on
STEMM career paths. But landing an extremely competitive research
spot that is also an enriching experience involves knowing how to
present yourself effectively and an awareness of your goals and
expectations. In this book, an expert lab manager and a longtime
principal investigator share their secrets for obtaining these
coveted positions. Offering advice to students in a wide variety of
STEMM fields at both research-intensive universities and primarily
undergraduate institutions, Getting In helps students navigate the
hidden curriculum of academia, unofficial rules that
disproportionately affect first-generation college students and
those from low-income backgrounds and communities historically
underrepresented in science. The authors provide not only an
overview of STEMM research and lab opportunities but also specific
strategies for the entire application process-including how to
write emails that get noticed by busy professors, how to ask for a
research position during office hours, and interview questions to
prepare for-so students can claim their place in research settings.
With its emphasis on the many interpersonal and professional
benefits of research experiences, Getting In equips all STEMM
undergrads with the tools they need both to secure these valued
positions and to develop habits that will build productive
relationships with their future research mentors.
The U.S. dollar has served as the key currency of the international
economic/financial system for over fifty years. This study assesses
the proposition that the series of U.S. current-account deficits
over the last twenty years will shortly exhaust the capability of
the dollar to continue as the key currency. The evidence in support
of the proposition is strong. The implications of exhaustion will
be serious and need to be addressed quickly.
The US dollar has served as the key currency of the international
economic/financial system for over fifty years. This study assesses
the proposition that the series of US current-account deficits over
the last twenty years will shortly exhaust the capability of the
dollar to continue as the key currency. The evidence in support of
the proposition is strong. The implications of exhaustion will be
serious and need to be addressed quickly.
Life in a research lab can be daunting, especially for early-career
scientists. Personal and professional hurdles abound in bench
research, and this book by two seasoned lab professionals is here
to help graduate students, postdocs, and staff scientists recognize
stumbling blocks and avoid common pitfalls. Building and
maintaining a mentoring network, practicing self-care and having a
life outside of the lab, understanding that what works perfectly
for a labmate might not work for you-these are just a few of the
strategies that lab manager and molecular biologist Paris H. Grey
and PI and geneticist David G. Oppenheimer wished they had
implemented far sooner in their careers. They also offer practical
advice on managing research projects, sharing your work on social
media, and attending conferences. Above all, they coach
early-career scientists to avoid burnout and make the most of every
lab experience to grow and learn.
"The Elusive Wow" tells the story of the Wow signal-one of the most
intriguing radio signals ever seen by searches for broadcasts from
the stars. Author Robert Gray reports on the original detection and
tells of his searches for the signal, showing examples of what
searchers see with interstellar radios. In addition to telling the
tale of the elusive signal, Gray surveys the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence, also known as SETI-explaining why
many scientists think Others might exist on other worlds and how we
might find them. Gray's scientific work has appeared in journals
such as Astrophysical Journal and Icarus, and in magazines like Sky
& Telescope.
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Migajas
Marcel Pujol, Stephen H Grey
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R567
Discovery Miles 5 670
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Life in a research lab can be daunting, especially for early-career
scientists. Personal and professional hurdles abound in bench
research, and this book by two seasoned lab professionals is here
to help graduate students, postdocs, and staff scientists recognize
stumbling blocks and avoid common pitfalls. Building and
maintaining a mentoring network, practicing self-care and having a
life outside of the lab, understanding that what works perfectly
for a labmate might not work for you-these are just a few of the
strategies that lab manager and molecular biologist Paris H. Grey
and PI and geneticist David G. Oppenheimer wished they had
implemented far sooner in their careers. They also offer practical
advice on managing research projects, sharing your work on social
media, and attending conferences. Above all, they coach
early-career scientists to avoid burnout and make the most of every
lab experience to grow and learn.
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