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The Ph.D. process : a student's guide to graduate school in the sciences

A chronicle of the graduate school years that describes the intellectual and emotional experience of obtaining a PhD in a scientific field. Readers will learn what to expect from professors and advisors, and how to prepare for oral exams, simplify dissertation writing and reap long-term benefits.
Print Book, English, 1998
Oxford University Press, New York, 1998
xiv, 209 p. ; 24 cm.
9780195118896, 9780195119008, 0195118898, 0195119002
1105479039
1. Deciding to go to Graduate School ; 2. Selecting an Advisor: Whose Lab is Right for Me? ; 3. Stages of Graduate School ; 4. Classes, Journal Clubs, Lab Meetings, Seminars ; 5. The Absent Professor ; 6. How You Learn ; 7. Deciding on Research Projects for Your Dissertation ; 8. Networking ; 9. The Scientists as a Specialist ; 10. Picking a Dissertation Committee/Defending the Proposal (The Preliminary Oral Exam) ; 11. The Life of a Graduate Student ; 12. Lab Notebooks ; 13. Lab Etiquette ; 14. Competition ; 15. The Role of Luck ; 16. Do I Belong Here? Insecurity and Stress ; 17. Foreign Students: Unique Problems and Stresses ; 18. On the Art of Scientific Writing ; 19. What Should Your Goals Be While in Graduate School? ; 20. Times They Are a'Changing ; 21. The End's in Sight: Writing the Dissertation