An edition of Avoid Boring People (2007)

Avoid Boring People

Lessons from a Life in Science

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An edition of Avoid Boring People (2007)

Avoid Boring People

Lessons from a Life in Science

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Knopf
Language
English
Pages
368

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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science
September 25, 2007, Knopf
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Table of Contents

Foreward
Preface
1. Manners Acquired as a Child
2. Manners Learned While an Undergraduate
3. Manners Picked Up In Graduate School
4. Manners Followed by the Phage Group
5. Manners Passed on to an Aspiring Young Scientist
6. Manners Neded for Important Science
7. Manners Practiced as an Untenured Professor
8. Manners Deployed for Academic Zing
9. Manners Noticed as a Dispensable White House Adviser
10. Manners Appropriate for a Nobel Prize
11. Manners Dmanded by Academic Ineptitude
12. Manners Behind Readable Books
13. Manners Required for Academic Civility
14. Manners for Holding Down Two Jobs
15. Manners Maintained When Reluctantly Leaving Harvard
Epilogue
Cast of Characters
Remembered Lessons

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
368
Dimensions
9.4 x 6.6 x 1.5 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9685806M
ISBN 10
0375412840
ISBN 13
9780375412844
OCLC/WorldCat
123485197
LibraryThing
3335655
Goodreads
977585

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OL7922742W

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