For scientists and researchers, conferences provide opportunities to learn, network, and see what others are doing outside of their own lab or institution. They also give opportunities to disseminate one’s work and receive feedback from a wider audience. Thus, they serve as crucial gateways to accelerate a career. Like everything else, however, there’s a learning curve, and conferences cost someone money. It’s in any scientist’s best interest to learn how to get good at the conference game as quickly as possible. The next great idea or a future job offer might be on the line. To avoid exploring everything via trial and error, these two scientists – one neuroscientist and one physicist – provide sage advice from their lifetimes of experience.
I’ll admit that someone can learn most of this book’s lessons by going to several conferences. However, buying the book is cheaper and less time consuming than going to several conferences if you want to get good really fast. Further, even as someone in mid-career who has attended many conferences over three decades, I still noticed hidden gems in almost every chapter where I can raise my own game a tad.
This book is obviously most directly aimed at graduate students and a few ambitious undergraduates. Those involved in the research community for a longer time, like me, can still pick up on the occasional, unexplored topic. This book covers relatively original subject matter – something crucial to a researcher’s career yet not thoroughly discussed in published literature. If you’re looking to move from a conference newbie to a master quickly, this book offers a quick on-ramp to start flying down the highway.
Enjoy Your Science Meeting! A Practical Guide to Getting the Most our of Attending Scientific Conferences
By Elizabeth Fisher & Richard Thompson
Copyright (c) 2020
World Scientific
ISBN13 9781786347350
Page Count: 153
Genre: Science
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