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Consulting for fun and profit

SEP 01, 1977
If, along with teaching and research, consulting is your cup of tea, you’ll find it a stimulating source of ideas and challenges—and a welcome addition to the financial security of your retirement years.
Clark Goodman

Those of us who started science careers during the Great Depression appreciate the financial difficulties young physicists face today. We are also aware of the generation gap and the pitfalls of gratuitous advice. However, we can tell you how it was and what we did to make ends meet—way back when.

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References

  1. 1. R. D. Evans, S. J. Nilson, C. Goodman, N. R. Bernz, Bericht über den VIII. Internationalen Kongress für Unfallmedizin und Berufskrankheiten (29 Sept. 1938), page 1006.

  2. 2. R. D. Evans, C. Goodman, Jour. Ind. Hygiene and Toxicology 22, 89 (1940).

  3. 3. C. Goodman, Rev. Sci. Instr. 9, 233 (1938).https://doi.org/RSINAK

  4. 4. C. Goodman, J. W. IrvineJr, C. F. Horan, Jour. Ind. Hygiene and Toxicology 25, 275 (1943).

  5. 5. J. W. IrvineJr, C. Goodman, J. Appl. Phys. 14, 496 (1943).https://doi.org/JAPIAU

  6. 6. H. Faul, C. W. Tittle, Geophysics 16, 260 (1951).https://doi.org/GPYSA7

  7. 7. C. W. Tittle, H. Faul, C. Goodman, Geophysics 16, 626 (1951).https://doi.org/GPYSA7

More about the authors

Clark Goodman, Retired, University of Houston, and consultant.

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