Nurturing (young) scientists for science
1. Uri Alon's lab: A host of resources from the leader who started 'nurturing scientists' initiative:
- Must watch: TED talks, YouTube talks.
- Must listen to: "Sunday at the lab" song.
- Must read: "How to choose a good scientific problem" paper.
2. Markowetz's lab: Skills you will need to succeed in science.
3. Kristian Rother's page. He maintains a repository of resources along the lines of Uri Alon. This includes articles on 'writing', 'presenting', among other soft skills.
Books on how to do science
E.O. Wilson
1. Book: "Letters to A Young Scientist"
2. TED talk: "Advice to Young Scientists"
P. Medwar: "Advice to a Young Scientist"
Santiago Ramón y Cajal: "Advice for a Young Investigator"
Peter J. Feibelman "A Ph.D is Not Enough"
K. R. Sreenivasan: "One Hundred Reasons to be a Scientist" (free PDF - courtesy ICTP)
Science Magazine's Career Advice: http://www.sciencemag.org/careers
Nature Magazine's Career Blog: http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/
- Must watch: TED talks, YouTube talks.
- Must listen to: "Sunday at the lab" song.
- Must read: "How to choose a good scientific problem" paper.
2. Markowetz's lab: Skills you will need to succeed in science.
3. Kristian Rother's page. He maintains a repository of resources along the lines of Uri Alon. This includes articles on 'writing', 'presenting', among other soft skills.
Books on how to do science
E.O. Wilson
1. Book: "Letters to A Young Scientist"
2. TED talk: "Advice to Young Scientists"
P. Medwar: "Advice to a Young Scientist"
Santiago Ramón y Cajal: "Advice for a Young Investigator"
Peter J. Feibelman "A Ph.D is Not Enough"
K. R. Sreenivasan: "One Hundred Reasons to be a Scientist" (free PDF - courtesy ICTP)
Science Magazine's Career Advice: http://www.sciencemag.org/careers
Nature Magazine's Career Blog: http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/
Research Toolbox
Nature Toolbox
A recent effort by nature that pools articles on resources that scientists use in their daily work that include coding practices, software, apps and online tools.
A recent effort by nature that pools articles on resources that scientists use in their daily work that include coding practices, software, apps and online tools.
Brain pique
1. Why Books Don't Work : A brilliant exposition on the congitive model behind books and textbooks. Andy brings to light the shortcomings with this model and proposes a better model to build books that work Visit: Andy Matuschak
1a. Quantum Country: A beautiful online book on quantum information that overcomes the above shortcomings of typical books. This online book based on the new cognitive model illustrates how to retain what you read. By Matuschak and Neilson (yes, the famous author of the book on Quantum Computing and Quantum Information co-authored with Chuag) .
If you like this, please thank Andy.
2. You Shall not Commit Logial Fallacy: Stunning reminder to all of us on how shortsighted we can be in making assumptions, and arguments. Don't think these are for lawyers only - every one of us make logical fallacies every day. The BIG question is how we come out? https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/
3. You Bias is: Building more on the above logical fallacies, biases are even more subtle for us to catch ourselves when we commit them. https://yourbias.is/
1a. Quantum Country: A beautiful online book on quantum information that overcomes the above shortcomings of typical books. This online book based on the new cognitive model illustrates how to retain what you read. By Matuschak and Neilson (yes, the famous author of the book on Quantum Computing and Quantum Information co-authored with Chuag) .
If you like this, please thank Andy.
2. You Shall not Commit Logial Fallacy: Stunning reminder to all of us on how shortsighted we can be in making assumptions, and arguments. Don't think these are for lawyers only - every one of us make logical fallacies every day. The BIG question is how we come out? https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/
3. You Bias is: Building more on the above logical fallacies, biases are even more subtle for us to catch ourselves when we commit them. https://yourbias.is/