✍ Scribed by G.E. Pettengill
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
For postwar careers Mr. Pollack foresees that science will offer as many opportunities as nearly any field. Considering each of four major divisions of science--chemistry, physics, biology and geology--he points out the various branches and industries which can employ scientists. To indicate but briefly the variety, there are for example plastics, synthetic rubber and textiles in chemistry; electronics, glass, meteorology and aviation in physics; medicine, tree surgery and sanitation in biology; and.prospecting for minerals and petroleum in geology.
The scientist is offered three main types of work--the making of tests and maintaining of controls in already established processes and techniques, research looking to the betterment of those techniques or the development of entirely new processes or products, and teaching to enable coming generations to learn the techniques developed in the past. The author points out specific tasks that might fall to the beginning scientist and suggests as well various research problems that await solution.
Some of the traits necessary for a scientific career are indicated and mention is made of the not inconsequential matter of the pay envelope. Numerous examples are cited of individuals who have made notable contributions to science, several of whom are shown in the illustrations depicting scientists at work. A separate chapter surveys the opportunity for women in this expanding field.
With the increasing emphasis placed by both industry and government on the value of research, the number of positions in the field of science will unquestionably increase after the war. This volume will serve as an excellent survey for the young person interested in a scientific career.
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and electric phenomena, the direction of thermodynamical processes, and limitations of thermodynamics are topics which complete the text. Appendix I contains a comparative table of thermodynamical notations and there is a subject index. The main feature of the book is the new angle of approach. Bec