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发表于2024-11-05
Avoid Boring People pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
From a living legend—James D. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for having revealed the structure of DNA—a personal account of the making of a scientist. In Avoid Boring People, the man who discovered “the secret of life” shares the less revolutionary secrets he has found to getting along and getting ahead in a competitive world.
Recounting the years of his own formation—from his father’s birding lessons to the political cat’s cradle of professorship at Harvard—Watson illuminates the progress of an exemplary scientific life, both his own pursuit of knowledge and how he learns to nurture fledgling scientists. Each phase of his experience yields a wealth of age-specific practical advice. For instance, when young, never be the brightest person in the room or bring more than one date on a ski trip; later in life, always accept with grace when your request for funding is denied, and--for goodness’ sake--don’t dye your hair. There are precepts that few others would find occasion to heed (expect to gain weight after you win your Nobel Prize, as everyone will invite you to dinner) and many more with broader application (do not succumb to the seductions of golf if you intend to stay young professionally). And whatever the season or the occasion: avoid boring people.
A true believer in the intellectual promise of youth, Watson offers specific pointers to beginning scientists about choosing the projects that will shape their careers, the supreme importance of collegiality, and dealing with competitors within the same institution, even one who is a former mentor. Finally he addresses himself to the role and needs of science at large universities in the context of discussing the unceremonious departure of Harvard's president Larry Summers and the search for his successor.
Scorning political correctness, this irreverent romp through Watson’s life and learning is an indispensable guide to anyone plotting a career in science (or most anything else), a primer addressed both to the next generation and those who are entrusted with their minds.
A memoir/life manual from the Nobel laureate who figured out DNA, this little book was a fun read - some hubris sparked, but nonetheless filled with hilarious wording and sharp insights.
評分Knopf貌似很喜歡齣這種八卦書主要講human drama..最近真是閑齣天際來瞭我竟然津津有味看完瞭。作為一枚波士頓外來妹本人聽過無數學界爭鬥 齣門遛彎都能聽人傢八誰拿到grant瞭而另外的某人掛瞭以及各種politics.主要是為money撕啊。但能正兒八經寫成書的也隻有JDW這種耿直老頭瞭 academia&research的領導最牛瞭...那個女校長80wusd的工資還是挺fair的..領導真難當!緻敬阿姨。
評分Knopf貌似很喜歡齣這種八卦書主要講human drama..最近真是閑齣天際來瞭我竟然津津有味看完瞭。作為一枚波士頓外來妹本人聽過無數學界爭鬥 齣門遛彎都能聽人傢八誰拿到grant瞭而另外的某人掛瞭以及各種politics.主要是為money撕啊。但能正兒八經寫成書的也隻有JDW這種耿直老頭瞭 academia&research的領導最牛瞭...那個女校長80wusd的工資還是挺fair的..領導真難當!緻敬阿姨。
評分文筆一般,八卦不少。貌似特彆不要看哈佛,最後還把Larry Summers貶瞭一通。
評分A memoir/life manual from the Nobel laureate who figured out DNA, this little book was a fun read - some hubris sparked, but nonetheless filled with hilarious wording and sharp insights.
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Avoid Boring People pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024