Resources

The History of neuroscience: SFN

Advice for young investigators (Sam Gershman's lab resources)

Jayant Udgaonkar's Advice to PhD Students

Cell Press journal Neuron's Q & A

Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder's Work in Neuroscience by Charlotte Nassim

The logic of scientific discovery by Karl Popper

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method George Polya

Principles of Effective Research by Michael Nielsen

Strong Inference by John R. Platt (1964): certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others. Science, 146, 347-353

The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses With this method the dangers of parental affection for a favorite theory can be circumvented by T. C. Chamberlin

Failure: Why Science Is So Successful Stuart Firestein

Advice for a Young Investigator by Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Advice to a Young Mathematician (Section VIII.6) from The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

Growing up in Science

Growing up in Science Youtube Channel

Conceiving the Research Question and Developing the Study Plan: Steven R. Cummings, Warren S. Browner, and Stephen B. Hulley

Richard Hamming: You and your research (1995): Check out his whole series on youtube.

Matt Might graduate school advice