The Whens and Wheres of a Scientific Life

John R. Helliwell

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780367489717
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000344189
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Biochemistry in Medicine

Big questions and issues arise about the role of the scientific life in our society and in our world. These have to do with trusting science at all, or with the wider roles of the scientist. The Whens and Wheres of a Scientific Life serves as an epilogue to author John R. Helliwell's scientific life trilogy of books on the Hows (i.e. skills), the Whys and the Whats of a scientific life. When and where questions play a big role in major science facility decisions. When and where also play a big role in controlling a pandemic like the coronavirus COVID-19. The consequences of such work and the role science plays in society are discussed in this book.

Key Features:

• Discusses when and where we can make new and better things happen and make new discoveries. Explains whens and wheres as examples in basic science and explaining these to the public
• User friendly and concise, this text provides a wide range of examples of science and discovery
• The author has diverse experience in career development, teaching and research
• The importance of open data to the reproducibility of science are described

Subject Index

• African Light Source Project 38
• ALBA, Spanish Synchrotron 105
• American Crystallographic Association xiii-xv, xvii, 3, 4, 23, 36, 39, 47, 138
• American Institute of Physics 92
• American Institute of Physics Publishing xiii, 138
• Astaxanthin carotenoid 112–114
• Astronomical Society, York University 45
• Athena SWAN 26

• BAAS Festival of Science 101
• Balliol College 7
• Banerjee Centennial, Calcutta 66
• BioCryst pharmaceuticals 4
• British Association for the Advancement of Science, BAAS 58, 101
• Book Series Committee of Oxford University Press (OUP) and IUCr 21
• British Biophysical Society xiii
• British Crystallographic Association xiii, xvii, 24, 47, 53, 100

• Cambridge Structure Database 41, 54
• Carcharoclesmegalodon, 10 million year old giant shark 99
• career development 69–74
• Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum, Widnes 33
• causality 145
• Central Laboratory for the Research Councils, CCLRC 6, 28, 49
• Central Laser Facility 88
• chemical reactivity 78
• chemistry 77–81
• Chemistry Department, Manchester University 24
• CODATA, Committee on Data of the International Science Council 19–20
• CODATA Congress and General Assembly, Taipei 20
• colour spectrum 84
• Commission on Biological Macromolecules of the IUCr 125
• Commission on Structural Chemistry of the IUCr 125
• Commission on Synchrotron Radiation ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Author
• Section I The Development of My Scientific Life
• Section II Where to Look for Your Inspiration? Select Your Role Models; Here Are My Role Models in Science
• Section III Career Development
• Section IV Specific Examples Across the Disciplines of Science: The When and Where in Basic Science
• Section V Where to Recruit New Enthusiasts? Science Outreach Examples
• Section VI Big Issues for Scientists and for Members of the Public and Schoolchildren
• Section VII The Role of Scientists Themselves, the Funding Agencies and Government in Determining the Future in Research and Development: a Very Important When and Where
• Envoi
• Bibliography
• Name Index
• Subject Index