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A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman

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perhaps not incidentally, reduces work load. There may be some sense to the Darwinian selection process implicit in “benign neglect,” but on the whole, failing to teach science survival results in wasting a great deal of student talent and ...more

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“No technical skill is worth more than knowing how to select exciting research projects. Regrettably, this vital ability is almost never taught.”
― Peter J. Feibelman, A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science

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“In making my work meaningful to others, I had also made it compelling to myself. No longer was I just working on somebody else's problems. I was part of an intellectual enterprise with relatively well-defined goals, which might actually make a difference to humanity.”
― Peter J. Feibelman, A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science

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