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The lone researcher, chipping away at her niche, making some breakthrough discovery... It is a nice image, but likely not true as the business of doing science requires management and interaction with many other scientists. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute publishes a free book on managing science for early career scientists called: Making the Right Moves. It is easy to dismiss management as formalized commonsense (i.e. plan a project before you start it). However I feel that the value is not in the knowledge contained in such books, but rather the fact that thinking about it helps to change your mindset from the lone researcher mentality.