关于食物和烹饪：厨房的科学与知识
McGee recounts how he moved from studying astronomy, to teaching literature and writing, to writing about the science of cooking, to designing an experiment to address the question of why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl, and ultimately to a successful career as a food science book author, blogger, columnist and lecturer.
我如何成为一名科学家
How does an English literature major ultimately end up as a cancer biologist? Varmus tells us of his circuitous path to becoming a scientist to illustrate the many routes that one can follow to a career in science.
当棒球遇上生物学
Although they work in different areas of computational biology, both Jaime Fraser and Mike Eisen are convinced that a lifelong love of baseball statistics has significantly influenced their research.
让细胞生物学变得更有生机活力
Janet Iwasa recalls the animation that first led her to realize how much more information can be included in an animation compared to a static image. She explains that animations can provide a visualization of a hypothesis and bring together structural data, protein-protein interactions and dynamic information in a process that often helps researchers refine their models.
如何培养科学创造力
Many scientists spend a lot of time thinking about their results and experiments and trying to plan the next creative breakthrough. Nathans shares the practices that he finds helpful in developing good ideas.
科学家们的职业生涯规划师
Handelsman describes guidelines that she and her colleagues have developed to help scientists become better mentors. These include listening, asking questions, stating expectations and building independence. Good advice for scientists at all stages of their careers.
哲学博士的漫画人生
As a PhD student in engineering at Stanford, Jorge Cham submitted a comic strip about graduate student life to the university newspaper. This initial submission grew into PhDComics. After a few years as an adjunct professor at the California Institute of Technology, Cham now pursues his career as a cartoonist full time.
风险在科学发现的中心
Yamamoto argues that the trait that separates the best scientists from the rest is the willingness to take risks. He takes Francois Jacob as an example and encourages young scientists to try bold and uncertain approaches to problems since risk taking is at the heart of discovery.
科学看待进化论
Ken Miller outlines his best strategies for engaging, rather than arguing with, those who say they don't believe in evolution.
科学公民
Like other forms of citizenship, scientific citizenship comes with certain rights and responsibilities. Goldstein explains that as scientists, we have responsibilities both to our colleagues and to those outside of the scientific community. Ultimately, practicing good scientific citizenship may make us better scientists and better global citizens.