On the Art and Craft of Doing Science
$35.98
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2025
Summary
Unleashing Your Inner Scientist: A Creative Guide to Discovery
A scientist’s personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpected
Like any creative endeavour, science can be a messy and chaotic affair. On the Art and Craft of Doing Science shares the creative process of an innovative and accomplished scientist, taking readers behind the scenes of some of his most pioneering investigations …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691249261 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691249261 |
| Author: | Kenneth Catania |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
| Series: | Skills for Scholars |
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Critics Review
“An excellently written and illustrated work.”—Marjorie Mann, Library Journal“A smooth read that could provide major takeaways for a broad audience, whether you are early in your career, a tenured professor, or someone who is outside academic science… . The lessons from history as well as Catania’s own work are relatable, regardless of where you are in your career.”—Kevin Neumann, Integrative and Comparative Biology
About The Author
Kenneth Catania
Kenneth Catania is Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University. A MacArthur Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow, he is the author of Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved (Princeton).
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