Gain a broad background in philosophy, taking courses in all the major subfields: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and social or political philosophy.
To be successful, young scientists interested in entering the field need a broad background in physics, solid grounding in maths, computing skills, and--for observational work--a good knowledge of signal processing.
Groves told them that he was looking for someone with "a sound understanding of both practical and theoretical ordnance-high explosives, guns and fusing-a wide acquaintance and an excellent reputation among military ordnance people and an ability to gain their support; a reasonably broad background in scientific development; and an ability to attract and hold the respect of scientists".
In this context the initiators of LEIF, who have a broad background in palliative care, aimed to create a health provision not linked solely to euthanasia.
The Kirchhoff-type equation and system have a broad background in phase transitions, population dynamics, mathematical finance, etc.
The company was attracted by her maturity and confidence as well as her broad background in writing and advertising, Ms. Kuker said.
She said his strengths included "his personality, which is low key but dynamic," and his "very broad background in fund-raising and grant writing".
Other members of the Google video team included Daniel Blackman, a sales and business development executive with a broad background in digital media, and Sanjay Raman, an M.I.T. graduate who started his first software company in college and later was an analyst at Morgan Stanley.
