Lives in Science : How Institutions Affect Academic Careers
Joseph C. Hermanowicz
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Hermanowicz, Joseph C (Contributor)
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| Utgitt | Chicago, IL : : University of Chicago Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (338 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Following the Scientists; CHAPTER 2 Early- to Mid-Career Passages; CHAPTER 3 Mid- to Late-Career Passages; CHAPTER 4 Late- to Post-Career Passages; CHAPTER 5 Lives of Learning; APPENDIX A Interview Protocol - Foundational Study, 1998; APPENDIX B Contact Letter to Scientists; APPENDIX C Thank-You Letter to Scientists; APPENDIX D Interview Protocol-Longitudinal Study, 2004; APPENDIX E Post-Interview Questionnnaire; APPENDIX F Departmental Questionnaire; APPENDIX G Propositions Generated by the Study; Notes; References; Index. - What can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? Joseph C. Hermanowicz asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different stages of their careers at a variety of universities across the country. He explores these scientists' shifting perceptions of their jobs to uncover the meanings they invest in their work, when and where they find satisfaction, how they succeed and fail, and how the rhythms of their work change as they age. His candid interviews with hi
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| Emner | Physicists - Social aspects
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| ISBN | 9780226327617
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