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The Whens and Wheres of a Scientific Life

John R Helliwell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:15th Feb '21

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Big questions and issues arise about the role of the scientific life in our society and in our world. These have to do with trusting science at all, or with the wider roles of the scientist. The Whens and Wheres of a Scientific Life serves as an epilogue to author John R. Helliwell’s scientific life trilogy of books on the Hows (i.e. skills), the Whys and the Whats of a scientific life. When and where questions play a big role in major science facility decisions. When and where also play a big role in controlling a pandemic like the coronavirus COVID-19. The consequences of such work and the role science plays in society are discussed in this book.

Key Features:

  • Discusses when and where we can make new and better things happen and make new discoveries.Explains whens and wheres as examples in basic science and explaining these to the public
  • User friendly and concise, this text provides a wide range of examples of science and discovery
  • The author has diverse experience in career development, teaching and research
  • The importance of open data to the reproducibility of science are described
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ISBN: 9780367489717

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 312g

158 pages