Jeff's View: on Science and Scientists
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Table of contents
- Cover
- JEFF’S VIEW: on science and scientistsiii
- Copyright Pageiv
- Contentv
- Forewordvii
- About the authorix
- Chapter 1. Letter to a young scientist1
- Chapter 2. How (not) to give a seminar11
- Chapter 3. Me and my genome21
- Chapter 4. My other genomes33
- Chapter 5. The tragic matter43
- Chapter 6. My secret university53
- Chapter 7. Mighty manganese63
- Chapter 8. My two blues75
- Chapter 9. Postdocs89
- Chapter 10. The art of stepping back101
- Chapter 11. Networks, fretworks111
- Chapter 12. Euro-Blues121
- Chapter 13. The severed chains133
- Chapter 14. Five easy steps to get rid of your lab143
- Chapter 15. The risks of playing safe149
- Chapter 16. Chauvinism in science163
- Chapter 17. Letting go177
- Epilogue187
- Acknowledgments191
Jeff’s Views provide witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into the life of a modern scientist. From starting off to letting go, Gottfried (“Jeff) Schatz leads us through the trials and triumphs of scientific life. With his tongue firmly in his cheek, and his humour always intact, the Austrian essayist leads us through the confusing and seemingly insurmountable hill that is the career path of European scientists. In addition to giving useful insights into how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that leading edge scientific discovery, Jeff explores the philosophical dimensions of recent biological breakthroughs such as the sequencing of the human genome, the evolution of sensory receptors, and cellular suicide.
Gottfried Schatz is one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of bioenergetics and mitochondria biology. Born in a small Austrian village, he started his scientific career at the University of Graz, and ended it as President of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. With stints as a violinist in Austrian opera houses, professorships in the USA and Switzerland, and numerous prestigious awards along the way, Jeff is a true European, whose unique, and often controversial, viewpoints are appreciated by scientists and politicians alike.
These essays look at science from a very personal angle – often critical, sometimes sad, but always with excitement, wonder, and admiration. It is hoped that they will make you look at science with a slightly different view.
*Witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into life of a modern scientist
*Provides useful insights on how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that scientific discovery
*Explores recent breakthroughs in science: genome sequencing, sensory receptor evolution, and cellular suicide
Gottfried Schatz is one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of bioenergetics and mitochondria biology. Born in a small Austrian village, he started his scientific career at the University of Graz, and ended it as President of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. With stints as a violinist in Austrian opera houses, professorships in the USA and Switzerland, and numerous prestigious awards along the way, Jeff is a true European, whose unique, and often controversial, viewpoints are appreciated by scientists and politicians alike.
These essays look at science from a very personal angle – often critical, sometimes sad, but always with excitement, wonder, and admiration. It is hoped that they will make you look at science with a slightly different view.
*Witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into life of a modern scientist
*Provides useful insights on how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that scientific discovery
*Explores recent breakthroughs in science: genome sequencing, sensory receptor evolution, and cellular suicide