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E-book Title: Convergence
Author: Chrsitopher Turner
Book Description: Convergence combines career advice with commercial fiction in a novel about 4 young scientists striving for academic success, while wrestling with issues such as professional misconduct and what people might do to keep a career alive..
Each journey takes many twists and turns as these researchers make significant discoveries, under impossible conditions, while dealing with unscrupulous colleagues. To keep their careers alive, however, they are in the end forced to consider something unthinkable. What decisions they make may not only define their character but ultimately determine their destiny.
For those pursuing a career in the biomedical sciences, Convergence delivers something not accessible in guides or self-help books.
Using fictionalized scenarios, the novel places the reader in situations they may well encounter in their own career.
Revealed are some of the more lethal trap-doors that may exist for those wishing to become career scientists.
By putting the reader at the epicenter of impending disasters., Convergence asks the reader to consider the events described from the viewpoint of each of the main characters.
It is much easier to understand the consequences of poor judgment or the influence of the ethically-challenged when you're emotionally invested in the storyline.
I honestly believe Convergence will become essential reading for those still acquiring the skill-set needed to be successful in their own careers.
Although targeted at the biomedical community, the novel can be easily read by non-scientists at a number of different levels.
Ultimately, Convergence raises the question: What would you do if you found yourself in the same situations?
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Reviewed by on 2008-09-20
My Rate 4
Peels away the shiny surface of science and exposes the darkest of worlds for those about to embark - or not - on a career in the biomedical field.
Reviewed by on 2008-09-19
My Rate 5
if anyone ever thought science to be all about the truth then this book will open their eyes - a must read for any would-be scientist.
Reviewed by on 2008-09-19
My Rate 5
Explains how things can go wrong - this is never done in any other book.
Reviewed by on 2008-09-18
My Rate 5
no other source like this
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