Preface ........................................................ ix
1 Introduction ................................................. 1
2 Starting out in research ..................................... 5
3 Getting down to research .................................... 11
4 Scientific ethics and conduct ............................... 29
5 Publish or perish? .......................................... 39
6 Communication and getting known ............................. 57
7 Moving up ................................................... 71
8 Responsibilities ............................................ 89
9 Funding research ........................................... 105
10 Who owns science? .......................................... 121
11 Science and the public ..................................... 137
12 Power, pressure and politics ............................... 147
13 Social aspects of science .................................. 155
14 So who does want to be a scientist? ........................ 161
Index ......................................................... 163
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