Book contents
- Successful Careers beyond the Lab
- Successful Careers beyond the Lab
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Advance Review
- Part I Career Services’, Recruiters’ and Students’ Viewpoints
- Part II Industry and Related Occupations
- Part III The Public Sector
- Part IV Journalism and the Media
- Part V A Life on Camera
- Part VI Science Communication, Teaching, Ethics and Environmentalism
- Further Sources of Information
- Index
- References
Further Sources of Information
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2017
Book contents
- Successful Careers beyond the Lab
- Successful Careers beyond the Lab
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Advance Review
- Part I Career Services’, Recruiters’ and Students’ Viewpoints
- Part II Industry and Related Occupations
- Part III The Public Sector
- Part IV Journalism and the Media
- Part V A Life on Camera
- Part VI Science Communication, Teaching, Ethics and Environmentalism
- Further Sources of Information
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Successful Careers beyond the Lab , pp. 328 - 331Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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