Cambridge zoologist Peter A. Lawrence has published a thoughtful piece on the frustration of scientists (whether young or not so young) facing the ruthlessness of the research granting system (Real Lives and White Lies in the Funding of Scientific Research). He suggests how a “drastic simplification of this grant-writing process would help scientists return to [...]
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September 15, 2009
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Portrait of the scientist as a bureaucrat
By dario in Evaluation, Funding, Jobs, Writing
September 6, 2009
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A Road Map to Success
By dario in UncategorizedPublished in 1913 in The Etude, the high resolution is here. (via the always relevant FlowingData and StrangeMaps)
July 9, 2009
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SpringerImages: Scientific images for the masses (of subscribers)
By dario in Reference management, Resources, Search, Web 2.0Springer launched yesterday a new service allowing users to search, browse, annotate and reuse scientific images from their huge database of publications. SpringerImages is a growing collection of scientific images that spans the scientific, technical and medical fields, including high-quality clinical images from images.MD. The continually updated collection – currently over 1.5 million images – [...]
July 7, 2009
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10 tips to harness the hidden potential of Wolfram Alpha
By dario in Computing tips, e-Science, Resources, SearchWolfram Alpha, the brainchild of Stephen Wolfram (who allegedly put its company to work on this project for several years before its official launch in May this year), has been out for a while now and is probably no more making the headlines. The long list of examples on the frontpage, organised visually or by [...]
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