The whens and wheres of a scientific life / John R. Helliwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helliwell, John R., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Global science education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Helliwell, John R.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Scientists.

Crystallographers.

Great Britain.

Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.

Chemists.

Crystallographers--Great Britain--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 157 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

<P>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>About the Author</p><p> </p><p><strong>Part 1 The development of my scientific life</strong></p><p>Chapter 1<em> When and where I embraced the scientific life</em></p><p>Chapter 2<em> When did I become a crystallographer?</em></p><p>Chapter 3<em> When did I begin to serve the international community of science?</em></p><p>Chapter 4<em> Where did my scientific career lead me?</em></p><p>Chapter 5<em> When did I become a writer of popular science books? </em></p><p>Chapter 6 <em>When did I become passionate about World Peace?</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Part 2</strong><em> </em><strong>Where to look for your inspiration? Select your role models; here are my role models in science</strong></p><p>Chapter 7<em> When I was </em><em>at the Physics Department at York<strong> </strong>University, UK</em><em>; My</em><em> memories of Professor Michael Woolfson FRS</em><em></em></p><p>Chapter 8<em> When a researcher; my collaborations with Professor Durward Cruickshank FRS</em></p><p>Chapter 9<em> When I discovered the efforts for peace by esteemed crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale FRS </em></p><p>Chapter 10<em> When and where I met a giant of Indian science; Professor M. Vijayan, who became President of the Indian National Science Academy</em></p><p><strong>Part 3 Career development</strong></p><p>Chapter 11 <em>When should I look to my employer to facilitate career development?</em></p><p>Chapter 12 <em>Where do you want to get to? Career road maps</em><strong> </strong><em></em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Part 4 Specific examples across the disciplines of science: </strong><strong>the when and where in basic science </strong></p><p>Chapter 13 <em>When but not where or where but not when?</em> <em>The non-classical world of quantum physics for the electron and what it means for chemistry</em><strong></strong></p><p>Chapter 14<em> When again and where again? Frequency and repetition in physics and mathematics</em></p><p>Chapter 15 <em>When and where to invest in</em> <em>a new megaproject? The proposed UK X-ray laser</em></p><p>Chapter 16 <em>When to move fast yet take care:</em> <em>Contributing to the understanding of coronavirus, covid-19 in 2020</em></p><p><strong>Part 5 Where to recruit new enthusiasts? Science outreach examples</strong></p><p>Chapter 17 <em>When and where are </em><em>broader impacts of science on society</em></p><p>Chapter 18<em> When I lectured at the British Association Festival of Science held at the University of Liverpool in September 2008</em></p><p>Chapter 19<em> When I presented a Discourse at The Royal Institution</em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>Part 6 Big Issues for Scientists and for Members of the Public and Schoolchildren </strong></p><p>Chapter 20 <em>Where to place one's trust?</em></p><p>Chapter 21 <em>Where are the primary experimental data?</em> <em>Ensuring reproducibility in science </em></p><p>Chapter 22 <em>When to cross the boundaries of different academic disciplines?</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Part 7 The role of scientists themselves, the funding agencies and government in determining the future in research and development; a very important when and where</strong></p><p>Chapter 23 <em>Where are the scientists heading?</em></p><p>Chapter 24 <em>Where do funding agencies and government want to take us?</em></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Envoi</strong></p><p><strong>Bibliography</strong></p><p><strong>Subject index</strong></p>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Helliwell, John R.. The whens and wheres of a scientific life

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9781003043744

1003043747

9781000344189

1000344185

9781000344042

1000344045

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99987050066

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