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Disciplined Minds Author(s) Jeff Schmidt Country United States Language English ISBN 0847693643 OCLC Number 43540936 Dewey Decimal 305.5/53/0973 21 LC Classification HT687 .S35 2000 Disciplined Minds is a book by physicist Jeff Schmidt,[1] published in the year 2000. The book describes how professionals are made; the methods of professional and graduate schools that turn eager entering students into disciplined managerial and intellectual workers that correctly perceive and apply the employer's doctrine and outlook. Schmidt uses the examples of law, medicine, and physics, and describes methods that students and professional workers can use to preserve their personalities and independent thought.
Schmidt was fired from his position of 19 years as Associate Editor at Physics Today for writing the book on the accusation that he wrote it on his employer's time. In 2006, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education,[2] it was announced that the case had been settled, with the dismissed editor receiving reinstatement and a substantial cash settlement. According to the article, 750 physicists and other academics, including Noam Chomsky, signed public letters denouncing the dismissal of Dr. Schmidt.
The book was read, with the exclusion of chapter 5, from 2003-2004 for the Unwelcome Guests radio show[3].
References
- ^ Schmidt, Jeff, 2000, Disciplined Minds - A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes their Lives, Rowman & Littlefield, pp.293.
- ^ "Physics Editor Wins Settlement in Case Over Discrimination" Volume 52, Issue 29, Page A21, March 24, 2006 (subscription required for online access)
- ^ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/Disciplined_Minds
External links
- Web site for the book
- Audiobook available as MP3, read by Lyn Gerry.
Categories:- 2000 books
- American non-fiction books
- Non-fiction book stubs
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