How can I be a good scientist?
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Watch, listen and be prepared to learn from others. A good scientist (much like a good person) will always be willing to accept new ideas and beliefs as fact until they can prove otherwise.\n\nNever let personal agendas or beliefs get in the way of your work.\n\nAlways be prepared to put your hand up and admit you were wrong. Then go and work out why you were wrong, if you're still convinced that you're right say so and be prepared to back up what you say.\n\nIn summary - courage, humility and a strong sense of self belief.\n\nBTW I'm a scientist ;D
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By God, do NOT do any of the other ones listed above! Do something that has not been done before. Make your work theoretical. Pioneer in a field. A true scientist does not follow in the footsteps of others unless it is impossible to do anything other. Think of a present scientific problem: for example, the raging debate on whether or not dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Try to fight for one of the sides to prove their argument. I will not tell you how; I won't do your work for you. But, by God, don't rely on others to find you a science project, because they rarely think outside the box and only suggest what they have done or seen before. I wish you the best of luck. Make science proud!
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Each scientist has his or her own criteria, but I will tell you some things that impress us all:\n1) Know the research of the person you are interviewing with-Showing that you understand the research being done in your chasen lab, are interested in it, and may have a few ideas goes a very long way\n2) Be ambitious and energetic.  Getting a PhD takes long hours and involves a lot of failure-its very difficult for people who get down easily or dont have good internal motivation\n3) Choose a few labs at least a year before you start the interview process, and try to get into the lab as a summer student of volunteer- No scientist will turn out a student that shows they can actually "do" research.\n4) Remember, to a scientist, and student is a very iffy bet- the first year or two are a drain of time and money to get the student trained, on a project, and producing data- Its only in the last year or two that the bet may pay off.  Anything you can do to show that you are a good bet (previous training, previous demonstration of interest, evidence of persistence, etc) always helps.\n\nIf you can get through it, the career is fantastic- You are your own boss, you get to be involved in cutting-edge technology and are constantly intellectually stimulated, you get to meet and collaborate with brilliant people, go to international conferences, etc etc... Good Luck
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Always work hard, do your research properly.!!!\nNever give up, remember we cannot be good in everything we do so always spend extra time on your weak points.!!!\nGood Luck.!!!
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Try the library.  It's a building thats full of books.  I'm sure they will have books on scients there.
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Investigate the various sciences to see which interests you the most.  Visit locations (hospitals, labs, universities) where scientists work.\nRead and study everything you can in the field that interests you, but especially news items and on the web.
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Just make sure you love children.Make sure you are above in your high school science subjects like Maths,Physics,Chemisrty And Biology.
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TAKE a Professional English/Vocabulary or Verbal course. Improve your verbal skills as much as possible. \nTake care of your basic Math and your higher level Calculus.\n\nAlso, pay attention to your engineering courses and have some preparation on this field also.
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Talk to professionals in each field about what they do.  Get a clear enough picture that you understand 90% of their daily calendar.  You could watch one for a day, and write what he is doing when, assuming he was willing.  Goal: get a clear idea of what the reality behind the degree for each degree looks like.\n\nOnce you have understanding of the life, explore your own heart.  What do you love, what are you enough passionate about that you could do that job for the rest of your life.\n\nThe people who make the most good in the world, who make the great and small changes that contribute the most benefit both to their field and the world, are the people who love what they do.  Even if you are a stupid, love of the field will give you insight and vision.  Even if you are tired, love of the field will make you strong enough to work long hours.  Even after you have been through an idea 100 times, love of the field will let you be willing to sit there and ponder in that field of the mind, when all others race past in love of a different field (often money) and miss the gold-mine and the buried pearls.  Nobel prizes dont come from people who are trying to win a nobel prize, they come from people who love what they are doing whether or not it gets a prize.\n\nFind what you love, pursue it with all your might.  Thats the way to touch the world for the best, and live a life you can be filled by.
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Not all astrophysicists are strict theorists!  While yes, you can't go out there and try making different kinds of stars and see what happens, you can design experiements based on observations and test theories. \n\nIt is very difficult to get a theory job at a university;  there are way more people who want to do this than there are positions, but that is pretty much the only job (uni that is) where you would be able to continue to do astronomy full time. If you want an astronomy job, I highly recommend you enter graduate program where you will get some observational experience, but most important, instrument building experience. \n\nPeople who know astronomy AND can help build an infrared camera or a microwave receiver for a telescope are actually somewhat in demand.  Even if you can't find a tenure track position, you can probably find a job working for a program that is building a detector for some satellite experiment or a ground based telescope. Outside of that, depending on your specific hardware skills, there are many commercial opportunities.\n\nEven on the way to a theoretical degree you will learn an awful lot of skills, especially if you try to.  For instance, you will likely become a reasonably adept programmer and/or mathematician.  You could get job as a programmer or an insurance industry actuary, or all kinds of things.\n\nI doubt there are degree programs in "theoretical" astrophysics as opposed to just plain "astrophysics."  Whether you do theoretical stuff, instrumentation, observation or some combination depends entirely on the focus of your research project.
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Masters to PhD level Astronomy would be your main route to that.  Most of the researchers these days hold PhDs in Astronomy, Astrophysics, or Physics, although for planetary studies (solar system) there are other ones as well.\n\nIt depends on the school's exact programs, sometimes everything that would lead to this type of career is centered on the Astronomy department, and sometimes it is spread out over several different departments.\n\nTo start off with though you'll want a good undergraduate background in physics, since everything in the field builds off of that.  Watch out for some undergraduate astronomy programs.  They tend to be hit or miss.  The good ones will wind up preparing you very well in physics and methods of astronomy, some others will leave you highly deficient in the skills graduate programs will expect you to have.\n\nKeep motivated and latch onto some aspect that really grabs your attention, and work to that goal.  It's a pretty long acedemic road, but I'm having fun at the end of it now.
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well study hard and you will get your goal, be mentally strong cos its not an easy task, be very very good in biology and you need to study chemistry nicely as well.rest leave to god.
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you're doing it now.\nAsk questions, read books, learn a variety of topics.\ntalk to the smartest folks you know, about what they know, pick bits and pieces up. take classes, learn about things through a variety of occupations. Focus on what you are most interested in and become an expert.
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No, I'm a scientist but I'm certainly not a genius. You do need to have an imaginative mind though. Most of the hands on work we do - anybody could do. Its thinking about why things work the way they do which is the hard bit. Most reasonable intelligent people can become scientists if they have a bit of imagination.
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open minded, honest, good math, reading and writing skills, logical, interested in the truth, patience, organized\n\nWhy? A scientist must follow the scientific method which means reaching conclusions based on facts and then documenting the facts and the conclusions. The facts usually come from experiments, observations and finally data from other scientists.
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A good field for you will depend on what you like to do! If you are looking at a field that has a large need for folks -- medical is it! Doctors, nurses, etc are needed all over the place. Consider how long you are willing to stay in school and how much those student loans are going to pile up to! And do you do well in science? Do you do well interacting with people?\n\nComputers can be great, but there is a wide variety in the field, and the technology is always changing. You will have to learn new things constantly, even once shool is done. You will have to be committed to learning on your own consistently for a lifetime.
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Science will help you get employment in many fields.  It has so many uses that are crucial to our lives today.  There is medecine, Astronomy, Physics for engineering and a host of other things.  I wish I could have done more in that field when I was in school.