Stop Working & Start Thinking

With the spectacular developments in technology accompanying and aiding scientific research over the past few decades, graduate students are often encouraged to focus more on generating data than to utilize their most sophisticated piece of equipment: their mind.

Stop Working & Start Thinking, Second Edition encourages young researchers to think more clearly about their experiments, from experimental design to data interpretation. Essential reading for graduate students, this new edition builds on the success of the first edition, with new material throughout and a new chapter on measurement interpretation, including an examination of cryptic assumptions.