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• Preface
• Part I: Ought and is. How science works
• The replication crisis
• Part II: Faults and flaws. Fraud
• Bias
• Negligence
• Hype
• Part III: Causes and cures. Perverse incentives
• Fixing science
• Epilogue
• Appendix: How to read a scientific paper

"Science is how we understand the world. Yet critical flaws in peer review, statistical methods, and publication procedures have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless-or worse, badly misleading. Drawing on surprising new data from "meta-science" (the science of how science works), Science Fictions documents the errors that have distorted our knowledge on issues as varied as cancer biology, nutrition, genetics, immigration, education, and extraterrestrial life. Stuart Ritchie's own work challenging an infamous psychology experiment helped spark what's now widely known as the "replication crisis," the realization that many supposed scientific truths cannot be relied upon. Now, he reveals the very human biases, mistakes, and deceptions that undermine the scientific endeavor: from contamination in science labs to the secret vaults of failed studies that nobody gets to see; from outright cheating with fake data to the more common but still ruinous temptation to exaggerate mediocre results for a shot at scientific fame. Yet Science Fictions is far from a counsel of despair. Rather, it's a defense of the scientific method against the pressures and perverse incentives that lead scientists to bend the rules. By illustrating the ways that science goes wrong, Ritchie gives us the knowledge we need to spot dubious research, and points the way to reforms that might save science from itself"-- Provided by publisher

• A new lens on life
• Book of revelations
• Life and law : constitutional turns
• Life in the gray zone
• Language games
• A new biopower
• Life's purposes.

Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science's growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature's mistakes. Yet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life is at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is for? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science's promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.
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• Cells: the fundamental units of life
• Chemical components of cells
• Energy, catalysis, and biosynthesis
• Protein structure and function
• DNA and chromosomes
• DNA replication and repair
• From DNA to protein: how cells read the genome
• Control of gene expression
• How genes and genomes evolve
• Analyzing the structure and function of genes-- Membrane structure
• Transport across cell membranes
• How cells obtain energy from food
• Energy generation in mitochondria and chloroplasts
• Intracellular compartments and protein transport
• Cell signaling
• Cytoskeleton
• The cell division cycle
• Sexual reproduction and genetics
• Cell communities: tissues, stem cells, and cancer.

Cell biology is taught in classrooms around the world to provide students with a firm conceptual grounding in biology. This text provides basic, core knowledge about how cells work and uses colour images and diagrams to emphasize concepts and aid understanding.

Scientific research ethics vary by discipline and by country, and this analysis sought to understand those variations. The goal of this project was to provide researchers, government officials, and others who create, modify, and enforce ethics in scientific research around the world with an understanding of how ethics are created, monitored, and enforced across scientific disciplines and across international borders. The authors reviewed literature from across scientific disciplines and conducted interviews with experts in the United States, Europe, and China. The research had two motivations: (1) to inform researchers and sponsors who engage in research in emerging scientific disciplines and who may face new ethical challenges, and (2) to inform research sponsors-including government officials-who wish to encourage ethical research without unintentionally encouraging researchers to pursue their research in other jurisdictions. This analysis led to an understanding of which ethics are common across disciplines, how these ethics might vary geographically, and how emerging topics are shaping future ethics. The authors focused on the ethics of scientific research and how the research is conducted, rather than on how the research is applied. This distinction excluded from this research an analysis of so-called "dual-use" applications for military purposes

• Before you begin to write
• The template for your research plan
• Development of the rest of your application
• Maximizing your application's competitiveness

This workbook serves as a step-by-step guide to writing a compelling, fundable NIH grant application. The authors explain how to write each component of the proposal, which is followed by an example. The reader is invited to write something comparable for the subject to be presented. As you make those responses, one after the other, the first draft of your application gradually falls into place. In addition to the latest NIH changes, this edition also includes the NIH requirements on how to improve the rigor of experimental design along with how the transparency of the proposal can be enhanced. It also demystifies how you should present the scientific premise for your application to include how you should discuss strengths and weaknesses of preliminary results and published literature. Different uses of conceptual and technical preliminary results are also described. The chapter on the Approach subsection of the Research Strategy was previously expanded to help you address potential sources of biological variation, especially those related to sex. New restrictions on the use of appendix material are explained, and all URLs and screenshots have been updated.

The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook – NSF FastLane Version covers how applications to the National Science Foundation are prepared and reviewed. In this newly updated version, content has been updated to provide guidance and reflect the changes NSF has made. In addition to the updates, there is discussion about the use of the same review criteria for Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts. Particular emphasis is placed on what constitutes an appropriate Broader Impacts activity. Principles and fundamentals of good proposal writing are also emphasized, together with essential tips and strategies to produce an end result that is clear, concise, and follows a rational progression. Examples are provided in the Workbook, after which you’re asked to make a comparable response in your area of research interest. As each such response is made, the first draft of your application evolves. You may sample the content of this Workbook by clicking on the links to the right. -- Provided by the publisher.

• Part I. Team:
• 1. Introduction--
• 2. Scout--
• 3. Select--
• 4. Prepare--
• 5. Advance-- Part II. Organization:
• 6. Introduction--
• 7. Human Resources--
• 8. Financial affairs--
• 9. Legal affairs--
• 10. Patent affairs-- Part III. Society:
• 11. Introduction--
• 12. Open science--
• 13. Citizen science--
• 14. Media--
• 15. Web profile.
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Team leaders should be full of ideas for new research projects and inspire a research group to achieve great results. This practical guide for team leaders, and those who aspire to become team leader, offers a unique approach to help readers develop research and become a more independent and productive investigator. Readers can learn how to recruit and develop talented team members, how to negotiate contracts and manage projects, and how to create wider visibility and publicity for their science. From human resources and project finances, legal affairs and knowledge transfer to public engagement and media performance, the book provides guidance to enhance skills and combine them with those of support staff on the road to success. With numerous valuable tips, real-life stories and practical exercises, this must-read guide provides everything needed to take responsibility for leading research teams. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
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• Introduction--
• 1. Generative models for discrete data--
• 2. Statistical modeling--
• 3. High-quality graphics in R--
• 4. Mixture models--
• 5. Clustering--
• 6. Testing--
• 7. Multivariate analysis--
• 8. High-throughput count data--
• 9. Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data--
• 10. Networks and trees--
• 11. Image data--
• 12. Supervised learning--
• 13. Design of high-throughput experiments and their analyses-- Statistical concordance-- Bibliography-- Index.
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If you are a biologist and want to get the best out of the powerful methods of modern computational statistics, this is your book. You can visualize and analyze your own data, apply unsupervised and supervised learning, integrate datasets, apply hypothesis testing, and make publication-quality figures using the power of R/Bioconductor and ggplot2. This book will teach you 'cooking from scratch', from raw data to beautiful illuminating output, as you learn to write your own scripts in the R language and to use advanced statistics packages from CRAN and Bioconductor. It covers a broad range of basic and advanced topics important in the analysis of high-throughput biological data, including principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling, clustering, multiple testing, unsupervised and supervised learning, resampling, the pitfalls of experimental design, and power simulations using Monte Carlo, and it even reaches networks, trees, spatial statistics, image data, and microbial ecology. Using a minimum of mathematical notation, it builds understanding from well-chosen examples, simulation, visualization, and above all hands-on interaction with data and code.
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• Nanoscience : potential and threats / Paul Alivisatos
• Enzymes by evolution : bringing new chemistry to life / Frances H. Arnold
• A paradigm shift in brain research (1955-1970) : opportunities and challenges / Arvid Carlsson
• CRISPR system : from adaptive immunity to genome editing / Jennifer Doudna
• The universe, a personal view on exploring the boundaries, or, the science of the extremes / Gerard 't Hooft
• Origin of the eukaryotic cell / Nick Lane
• Synthetic tissues / Robert Langer
• Dynamics of molecular processes and the sustainable development of humanity / Yuan Tseh Lee
• Molecular inference of wisdom / G. Terry Sharrer
• The origin of life on earth and the design of alternative life forms / Jack W. Szostak
• Making materials that hate water to love water : the transformative power of chemistry / Richard N Zare.

• The role of science in public life
• Organization for economic cooperation and development
• The ethical considerations of science education / Theodore D. Goldfarb and Michael S. Pritchard
• Scientific standards should be set in the courtroom / Sanne H. Knudsen
• Effective communication with the public is necessary for scientific awareness / Frank J. Kelly and Julia C. Fussell
• Public relations campaigns can manipulate scientific research / Allan M. Brandt
• Manufacturers can produce misleading scientific research to protect themselves / Union of Concerned Scientists
• How policymakers can adapt to climate change / Rob Swart, Robbert Biesbroek, and Tiago Capela Lourenco
• The nature and politics of scientific debates in America / Adi Melamed
• The difference between science and politics / Michael Tobis
• The fossil fuel industry is using their own research to fight the EPA / Union of Concerned Scientists
• State-level regulation to combat climate change / Allison Hoppe
• The importance of grassroots movements in mobilizing environmental action / Petra Bartosiewicz and Marissa Miley
• A cultural change is necessary to fight climate change / Carol Gould.

"Does science have a place when it comes to making public policy? The answer might not be as simple as many people think. Ideally, scientists discover facts, and those facts inform policy. But policy undermines the open-ended nature of scientific inquiry, and scientists end up representing an agenda rather than presenting objective truths to be used to make decisions that impact the public. Through a variety of perspectives, this volume explores who wins and who loses when science and politics mix."-- Provided by publisher.

"Historian Adrian Tinniswood recounts the founding and history of the Royal Society, created and devoted to advancing knowledge through experimentation. The 8,000 fellows elected to the Society since its founding in London in 1662 include all of the scientific leading lights of the last four centuries, including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Tim Berners-Lee, and Stephen Hawking"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• Theory and method : genre studies and rhetorical criticism
• Crowdfunding : genres for funding research
• Databases : genres for knowledge production
• Blogging : genres for scientific engagement
• Conclusion.

"Brings together genre studies and the rhetoric of science to examine a range of new forms of science communication that challenge traditional presumptions about experts (scientists) and nonexperts (the public)--including Twitter and Reddit AMAs, crowdfunding proposals such as Kickstarter and Experiment.com, civic-minded databases such as Safecast, and the PLOS blogging network"-- Provided by publisher.

• Scientific method and the problem of demarcation
• Misconceptions about how science works
• The importance of the scientific attitude
• The scientific attitude need not solve the problem of demarcation
• Practical ways in which scientists embrace the scientific attitude
• How the scientific attitude transformed modern medicine
• Science gone wrong : fraud and other failures
• Science gone sideways : denialists, pseudoscientists, and other charlatans
• The case for the social sciences
• Valuing science.

An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is "only a theory, " and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians' rhetorical repertoire. Defenders of science often point to its discoveries (penicillin! relativity!) without explaining exactly why scientific claims are superior. In this book, Lee McIntyre argues that what distinguishes science from its rivals is what he calls "the scientific attitude"-caring about evidence and being willing to change theories on the basis of new evidence. The history of science is littered with theories that were scientific but turned out to be wrong; the scientific attitude reveals why even a failed theory can help us to understand what is special about science. McIntyre offers examples that illustrate both scientific success (a reduction in childbed fever in the nineteenth century) and failure (the flawed "discovery" of cold fusion in the twentieth century). He describes the transformation of medicine from a practice based largely on hunches into a science based on evidence; considers scientific fraud; examines the positions of ideology-driven denialists, pseudoscientists, and "skeptics" who reject scientific findings; and argues that social science, no less than natural science, should embrace the scientific attitude. McIntyre argues that the scientific attitude-the grounding of science in evidence-offers a uniquely powerful tool in the defense of science.
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• Dedication Acknowledgments Prelude
• 1: Encountering Data
• 2: R and Exploratory Data Analysis
• 3: The Line of Best Fit
• 4: Probability and Random Variables
• 5: Properties of Random Variables Interlude
• 6: Properties of Point Estimators
• 7: Interval Estimation and Inference
• 8: Semiparametric Estimation and Inference
• 9: Parametric Estimation and Inference
• 10: Bayesian Estimation and Inference Postlude: Models and Data Appendix A: A Tour of Calculus Appendix B: More R Details Appendix C: Answers to Exercises Table of mathematical notation Glossary Bibliography Index.
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Researchers across the natural and social sciences find themselves navigating tremendous amounts of new data. Making sense of this flood of information requires more than the rote application of formulaic statistical methods. The premise of Statistical Thinking from Scratch is that students who want to become confident data analysts are better served by a deep introduction to a single statistical method than by a cursory overview of many methods. In particular, this book focuses on simple linear regression-a method with close connections to the most important tools in applied statistics-using it as a detailed case study for teaching resampling-based, likelihood-based, and Bayesian approaches to statistical inference. Considering simple linear regression in depth imparts an idea of how statistical procedures are designed, a flavour for the philosophical positions one assumes when applying statistics, and tools to probe the strengths of one's statistical approach. Key to the book's novel approach is its mathematical level, which is gentler than most texts for statisticians but more rigorous than most introductory texts for non-statisticians. Statistical Thinking from Scratch is suitable for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students, professional researchers, and practitioners seeking to improve their understanding of statistical methods across the natural and social sciences, medicine, psychology, public health, business, and other fields.
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• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction
• Chapter 1. American Exploitation Programs: High Hopes, Narrow Gains, and Long-Term Lessons
• Chapter 2. British Scientific Exploitation and the Allure of German Know-How
• Chapter 3. French Planning for German Science: Student Spies and Exploitation in Place
• Chapter 4. Soviet Reparations and the Seizure of German Science and Technology
• Chapter 5. Academic Science and the Reconstruction of Germany
• Chapter 6. Documentation and Information Technology: Dealing with Information Overload
• Chapter 7. Legacies of Intellectual Reparations Programs: Industrial Know-How in the Postwar WorldConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex.
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During the Second World War, German science and technology posed a terrifying threat to the Allied nations. Combined with Germany's generations-old reputation for excellence in science and engineering, these advanced weapons, which included rockets, V-2 missiles, tanks, submarines, and jet airplanes, gave troubling credence to Nazi propaganda about forthcoming "wonder-weapons" that would turn the war decisively in the Axis' favor. After the war ended, the Allied powers raced to seize "intellectual reparations" from almost every field of industrial technology and academic science in occupied Germany. It was likely the largest-scale technology transfer in history. In Taking Nazi Technology, Douglas M. O'Reagan describes how the Western Allies gathered teams of experts to scour defeated Germany, seeking industrial secrets and the technical personnel who could explain them. Swarms of investigators recruited from industry, military branches, and intelligence agencies invaded Germany's factories and research institutions. They seized or copied all kinds of documents, from patent applications to factory production data to science journals. They questioned, hired, and sometimes even kidnapped hundreds of scientists, engineers, and other technical personnel. They studied technologies from aeronautics to audiotapes, toy making to machine tools, chemicals to carpentry equipment. They took over academic libraries, jealously competed over chemists, and schemed to deny the fruits of German invention to any other land-including that of their allies. Drawing on declassified records, O'Reagan looks at which techniques worked for these very different nations, as well as which failed-and why. Most importantly, he shows why securing this technology, how the Allies did and when they did, still matters today. He also argues that these programs did far more than spread German industrial science: they forced businessmen and policymakers around the world to rethink how science and technology fit into diplomacy, business, and society itself. A deeply researched comparative history of the American, British, French, and Soviet efforts to control and exploit German science and technology amid fierce internal and external competition, Taking Nazi Technology is the first history to capture the whole picture of this crucial period at the dawn of the Cold War.
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• Foreword / Eddie Redmayne
• An introduction / Kip Thorne
• Why we must ask the big questions
• Is there a God?
• How did it all begin?
• Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
• Can we predict the future?
• What is inside a black hole?
• Is time travel possible?
• Will we survive on Earth?
• Should we colonise space?
• Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?
• How do we shape the future?
• Afterword / Lucy Hawking.

"Dr. Stephen Hawking was the most renowned scientist since Einstein, known both for his groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and for his mischievous sense of humor. He educated millions of readers about the origins of the universe and the nature of black holes, and inspired millions more by defying a terrifying early prognosis of ALS, which originally gave him only two years to live. In later life he could communicate only by using a few facial muscles, but he continued to advance his field and serve as a revered voice on social and humanitarian issues. Hawking not only unraveled some of the universe's greatest mysteries but also believed science plays a critical role in fixing problems here on Earth. Now he turns his attention to the most urgent issues facing us. Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space? Does God exist? ​​These are just a few of the questions Hawking addresses in this wide-ranging, passionately argued final book from one of the greatest minds in history. Featuring a foreword by Eddie Redmayne, who won an Oscar playing Stephen Hawking, an introduction by Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne, and an afterword from Hawking's daughter, Lucy." -- (Source of summary not specified)

• Innovation in open science, society and policy-setting the agenda for citizen science
• Part I. Innovation in citizen science-setting the scene / Susanne Hecker, Muki Haklay, Anne Bowser, Zen Makuch, Johannes Vogel and Aletta Bonn. Ten principles of citizen science / Lucy Danielle Robinson, Jade Lauren Cawthray, Sarah Elizabeth West, Aletta Bonn and Janice Ansine ; Scientific impacts and innovations of citizen science / Jennifer L. Shirk and Rick Bonney ; Participatory citizen science / Muki Haklay ; Technology infrastructure for citizen science / Peter Brenton, Stephanie von Gavel, Ella Vogel and Marie-Elise Lecoq ; Evaluating citizen science: Towards an open framework / Barbara Kieslinger, Teresa Schäfer, Florian Heigl, Daniel Dörler, Anett Richter and Aletta Bonn
• Part II, Innovation in science with and for society. Watching or being watched: Enhancing productive discussion between the citizen sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities / Dana Mahr, Claudia Göbel, Alan Irwin and Katrin Vohland ; The value of indigenous and local knowledge as citizen science / Finn Danielsen, Neil D. Burgess, Indiana Coronado, Martin Enghoff, Sune Holt, Per M. Jensen, Michael K. Poulsen and Ricardo M. Rueda ; Citizen engagement and collective intelligence for participatory digital social innovation / Jasminko Novak, Mathias Becker, François Grey and Rosy Mondardini ; Creative collaboration in citizen science and the evolution of ThinkCamps / Margaret Gold and Erinma Ochu ; Integrating citizen science into university / Daniel Wyler and Muki Haklay
• Part IIA, Case studies. Citizen science on the Chinese mainland / Chunming Li ; The European citizen science landscape
• a snapshot / Susanne Hecker, Lisa Garbe and Aletta Bonn ; Stakeholder engagement in water quality research: A case study based on the Citclops and MONOCLE projects / Luigi Ceccaroni and Jaume Piera ; Global mosquito alert / John R.B. Palmer, Martin Brocklehurst, Elizabeth Tyson, Anne Bowser, Eleonore Pauwels and Frederic Bartumeus
• Part III, Innovation at the science-policy interface. Citizen science for policy formulation and implementation / Susana Nascimento, Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias, Roger Owen, Sven Schade and Lea Shanley ; Citizen science and Responsible Research and Innovation / Melanie Smallman ; Conservation outcomes of citizen science / Heidi L. Ballard, Tina B. Phillips and Lucy Robinson ; Capacity building in citizen science / Anett Richter, Daniel Dörler, Susanne Hecker, Florian Heigl, Lisa Pettibone, Fermin Serrano Sanz, Katrin Vohland and Aletta Bonn ; Citizen science in environmental protection agencies / Roger P. Owen and Alison J. Parker
• Part IV, Innovation in technology and environmental monitoring. Citizen science technologies and new opportunities for participation / Suvodeep Mazumdar, Luigi Ceccaroni, Jaume Piera, Franz Hölker, Arne J. Berre, Robert Arlinghaus and Anne Bowser ; Maximising the impact and reuse of citizen science data / Jamie Williams, Colin Chapman, Didier Guy Leibovici, Grégoire Loïs, Andreas Matheus, Alessandro Oggioni, Sven Schade, Linda See and Paul Pieter Lodewijk van Genuchten ; Enhancing national environmental monitoring through local citizen science / Hester Volten, Jeroen Devilee, Arnoud Apituley, Linda Carton, Michel Grothe, Christoph Keller, Frank Kresin, Anne LandZandstra, Erik Noordijk, Edith van Putten, Jeroen Rietjens, Frans Snik, Erik Tielemans, Jan Vonk, Marita Voogt and Joost Wesseling ; Citizen science to monitor light pollution-a useful tool for studying human impacts on the environment / Sibylle Schroer, Christopher C.M. Kyba, Roy van Grunsven, Irene Celino, Oscar Corcho and Franz Hölker
• Part V, Innovation in science communication and education. Science for everybody? Bridging the socio-economic gap in urban biodiversity monitoring / Taru Peltola and Isabelle Arpin ; Learning and developing science capital through citizen science / Richard Edwards, Sarah Kirn, Thomas Hillman, Laure Kloetzer, Katherine Mathieson, Diarmuid McDonnell and Tina Phillips ; Children and citizen science / Karen E. Makuch and Miriam R. Aczel ; Turning students into citizen scientists / John Harlin, Laure Kloetzer, Dan Patton, Chris Leonhard and Leysin American School high school students ; Citizen science and the role of natural history museums / Andrea Sforzi, John Tweddle, Johannes Vogel, Grégoire Lois, Wolfgang Wägele, Poppy Lakeman-Fraser, Zen Makuch and Katrin Vohland ; Stories can change the world
• citizen science communication in practice / Susanne Hecker, Monique Luckas, Miriam Brandt, Heidy Kikillus, Ilona Marenbach, Bernard Schiele, Andrea Sieber, Arnold J.H. van Vliet, Ulrich Walz and Wolfgang Wende
• Citizen science to foster innovation in open science, society and policy / Aletta Bonn, Susanne Hecker, Anne Bowser, Zen Makuch, Johannes Vogel and Muki Haklay.

"Citizen science, the active participation of the public in scientific research projects, is a rapidly expanding field in open science and open innovation. It provides an integrated model of public knowledge production and engagement with science. As a growing worldwide phenomenon, it is invigorated by evolving new technologies that connect people easily and effectively with the scientific community. Catalysed by citizens' wishes to be actively involved in scientific processes, as a result of recent societal trends, it also offers contributions to the rise in tertiary education. In addition, citizen science provides a valuable tool for citizens to play a more active role in sustainable development. Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy identifies and explains the role of citizen science within innovation in science and society, and as a vibrant and productive science-policy interface. The scope of this volume is global, geared towards identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science, practice and policy. The chapters consider the role of citizen science in the context of the wider agenda of open science and open innovation, and discusses progress towards responsible research and innovation, two of the most critical aspects of science today"-- Publisher's website.

• Don't be so cerebral
• Don't be so literal minded
• Don't be such a poor storyteller
• Don't be so unlikeable
• Be the voice of science!
• Appendix : Filmmaking for scientists
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• Index.

In Don't Be Such a Scientist, Randy Olson recounts the lessons from his own hilarious-and at times humiliating-evolution from science professor to Hollywood filmmaker, sharing the secrets of talking substance in an age of style. The key, he argued, is to stay true to the facts while tapping into something more primordial, more irrational-and ultimately more human. Now, in this second edition of his provocative and groundbreaking book, Olson builds upon the lessons and storytelling of Don't Be Such a Scientist, providing an epilogue to each chapter for the current times, and adding a fresh introduction and new chapter on the importance of listening for science communicators (and beyond). Don't Be Such a Scientist, Second Edition is a cutting and irreverent manual to speaking out and making your voice heard in an age of attacks on science. Invaluable for anyone looking to break out of the boxes of academia or research, Olson's writing will inspire readers to "make science human"-and to enjoy the ride along the way.
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What are the conditions that foster true novelty and allow visionaries to set their eyes on unknown horizons? What have been the challenges that have spawned new innovations, and how have they shaped modern biology? In Dreamers, Visionaries, and Revolutionaries in the Life Sciences, editors Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich explore these questions through the lives of eighteen exemplary biologists who had grand and often radical ideas that went far beyond the run-of-the-mill science of their peers. From the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who coined the word "biology" in the early nineteenth century, to the American James Lovelock, for whom the Earth is a living, breathing organism, these dreamers innovated in ways that forced their contemporaries to reexamine comfortable truths. With this collection readers will follow Jane Goodall into the hidden world of apes in African jungles and Francis Crick as he attacks the problem of consciousness. Join Mary Lasker on her campaign to conquer cancer and follow geneticist George Church as he dreams of bringing back woolly mammoths and Neanderthals. In these lives and the many others featured in these pages, we discover visions that were sometimes fantastical, quixotic, and even threatening and destabilizing, but always a challenge to the status quo.
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