Science Sifting: Tools For Innovation In Science And Technology

by Rodney R. Dietert, Janice Dietert

Science Sifting is designed primarily as a textbook for students interested in research and as a general reference book for existing career scientists. The aim of this book is to help budding scientists broaden their capacities to access and use information from diverse sources to the benefit of their research careers.

The book describes why the capacity to access and integrate both linear and nonlinear information has been an important historic feature of pivotal scientific breakthroughs. Yet, it is a process that our students are rarely, if ever, taught in universities. This book goes beyond simply describing the features of great scientific breakthroughs. It discusses the basis for accessing and using nonlinear information in the linear research context. It also provides a series of tools and exercises that can be used to enhance access to nonlinear information for application to research and other endeavors.

Topics covered include focal points in scientific breakthroughs, the use of concepts maps in research, use of different vantage points, information as patterns, fractals for the scientist, memory storage and access points, and synchronicities. Young researchers need useful tools to help with a more holistic approach to their research careers. This book provides the useful tools to support flexibility and creativity across a long-term research career.

Roald Hoffmann — Winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry — has contributed the Foreword to Science Sifting. More information on Professor Hoffmann can be found at //www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemi....


Introduction and Orientation to Science Sifting
Duality and the Creative Scientist
Moments of Scientific and Technological Discovery
Preparing for a Fulfilling Research Career
Informational Patterns
Focus on Creativity and Innovation
Mind Your Language
Perceiving Your Reality
Body of Managing Your Greatest Tool
Creative Spaces
Vantage Points and Gaining Multiple Perspectives
Mapping Information Terrains
Pattern Jumping and Lateral Thinking
Synchronicity
Sandman Science Sifting During Sleep
Ohming Up or Getting Down with the Real You?
The Neutral Letting Go of Drama, Ego, and Attachments
Play Like You Mean It
Striking a Chord of The Art of Science
Summing it Up
References

Professional scientists, students and young researchers.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Rodney Dietert is Professor of Immunotoxicology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For over 30 years, Dietert has investigated enviromental risks for the developing immune system and the health consequences of immune damage. He has more than 280 research publications and while at Cornell has served as Director of: The Cornell Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors, The Institite for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology and The Graduate Program of Immunology. Dietert is listed in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. His upcoming 2009/2010 books are:

Immunotoxicity Testing (as Editor) - Springer/Humana Press and

Strategies For Protecting Your Child's Immune System (as an author with Janice Dietert) - World Scienctific Publications. "