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During the course of Dutch physicist and Spinoza Prize-winner Ad Lagendijks 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 Lagendijks 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.
Synopsis
During the course of Dutch physicist and SpinozaPrize-winner Ad Lagendijk's long and influential career, hehas published more than 300 articles, supervised over thirtydoctoral dissertations, and given countless presentationsand conference addresses. Over the years, his incisiveconsultations, tips, and rules for scientific study haveproven themselves so beneficial to the emerging scientistsunder his watch that he has been inundated with requestsfor a written version. Aimed primarily at undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students, this essential guidepresents Lagendijk's practical how-to advice on topics suchas writing scientific texts, presenting data and researchinformation, and the writing and reading of collegialemails. Each section is organised by a collection of shortrules, outlined and numbered in a logical order as selfexplanatorypieces of information - allowing the reader thefreedom to study any number of them in any desired order.But it doesn't stop there: many of the hints, in particularthose referring to presentations, are of invaluable use for amuch broader audience of professionals, up to consultantsand (public) managers.
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Writing Guide for Scientists
1 Introduction
2 Manuscript handling
3 Text formatter
4 Text structure
5 Text content
6 Text spelling
7 Math
8 Figures
9 Tables
10 Submission
11 Referee reports
12 Administration
13 Reaching out
14 Alternative publishing
15 Protecting your papers
16 About
Presentation Guide for Scientists
1 General
2 Process of presentation
3 Spoken text
4 Slides
5 Technical aspects
6 Ten commandments
7 Checklist
8 About
Email Guide for Scientists
1 Introduction
2 General principles
3 Receiving emails
4 Sending emails
5 Managing account(s)
6 Archiving emails
7 Security
8 Internet Protocols
9 About
Index