• # Basic Choices # Basic Strategies and Actions # The Game of Science # Acquiring and Using a Reputation # Communicating your Science # Cautionary Tales # L'Envoi

"It discusses scientific life in academia, industry, and government labs as well as in different parts of the world. The authors should be congratulated for the depth of their analysis of challenges facing the modern researcher ... I found the book thought provoking and packed with information, yet amusing and in most places easy to read ... Reading and reflecting on the ideas presented in Survival Skills early in your career could save a lot of time and frustration."Science"This useful, highly readable work guides individuals through the daunting decision of adviser selection, interviews, and the peer-review publishing process. Its organization makes information on specific topics easily accessible. Rosei and Johnston's advice has a place in academic libraries."Choice"... logically organized ... filled to the brim with candid advice that you are unlikely to find anywhere else ..."American Astronomical Society

• # Basic Choices # Basic Strategies and Actions # The Game of Science # Acquiring and Using a Reputation # Communicating your Science # Cautionary Tales # L'Envoi

"It discusses scientific life in academia, industry, and government labs as well as in different parts of the world. The authors should be congratulated for the depth of their analysis of challenges facing the modern researcher ... I found the book thought provoking and packed with information, yet amusing and in most places easy to read ... Reading and reflecting on the ideas presented in Survival Skills early in your career could save a lot of time and frustration."Science"This useful, highly readable work guides individuals through the daunting decision of adviser selection, interviews, and the peer-review publishing process. Its organization makes information on specific topics easily accessible. Rosei and Johnston's advice has a place in academic libraries."Choice"... logically organized ... filled to the brim with candid advice that you are unlikely to find anywhere else ..."American Astronomical Society

• # Basic Choices # Basic Strategies and Actions # The Game of Science # Acquiring and Using a Reputation # Communicating your Science # Cautionary Tales # L'Envoi

"It discusses scientific life in academia, industry, and government labs as well as in different parts of the world. The authors should be congratulated for the depth of their analysis of challenges facing the modern researcher ... I found the book thought provoking and packed with information, yet amusing and in most places easy to read ... Reading and reflecting on the ideas presented in Survival Skills early in your career could save a lot of time and frustration."Science"This useful, highly readable work guides individuals through the daunting decision of adviser selection, interviews, and the peer-review publishing process. Its organization makes information on specific topics easily accessible. Rosei and Johnston's advice has a place in academic libraries."Choice"... logically organized ... filled to the brim with candid advice that you are unlikely to find anywhere else ..."American Astronomical Society