Noor (biology, Duke U.) offers a concise handbook for navigating the professional demands of being an academic scientist. The guide is aimed at newly hired science faculty and considers setting up an office from which to do research as well as teaching-work, organizing a research team and strategizing grants; supervising and motivating people; on-going research-team communication considerations; organizing your teaching materials and approach; managing time between the lab, classroom and home; staying competitive and creating opportunities. These are demands that arise from aspects of the academic setting that, in his experience and that of his colleagues, years of research-training as students doesn't really provide. Conversational in style, the guide's appendices include lab rules, authorship policy, graduate student expectations, grad-student meeting agendas, and a lab-projects list. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)