Recommended non-physics reading for grad students
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
- Humour
- Piled Higher and Deeper cartoon, by Jorge Cham
- Making progress
- How to make difficult decisions, with philosopher Ruth Chang
- Structured Procrastination, by John Perry
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen
[his most useful idea: to-do lists should be lists of *next actions* towards goals]
- The importance of stupidity in scientific research, by Martin A. Schwartz
- Presenting and writing
- 5 Powerful Hacks to Immediately Improve your Presentations, by Scott Young
- Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely, by Edward Tufte.
- Michael Alley,
The Craft of Scientific Presentations
(Springer, New York, 2013), 2nd Edition.
- Michael Alley,
The Craft of Scientific Writing
(Springer, New York, 1996), 3rd Edition.
- How To Increase Your Success in the Job Market, by Pekka Sinervo
- Equity
- Disability Etiquette
- Hidden Disability And An Academic Career, by Elaine M. Beretz