Matt Might, a professor in Computer Science at the University of Utah, created The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. to explain what a Ph.D. is to new and aspiring graduate students.
美国犹他州立大学计算机科学博士Matt Might教授,用了12幅图向大家解释了通向博士的学习之路。原文链接地址:http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/#license
翻译引自:blog.sina.com.cn/kjyjcly
1. Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:
假设人类所有的知识,就是一个圆。圆的内部代表已知,圆的外部代表未知。
2. By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:
读完小学,你有了一些最基本的知识。
3. By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:
读完中学,你的知识又多了一点。
4. With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:
读完本科,你有了更多的知识,还有了专业方向。
5.A master's degree deepens that specialty:
读完硕士,你在专业上又前进了一大步。
6. Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:
进入博士生阶段你大量阅读文献,接触到本专业的最前沿。
7. Once you're at the boundary, you focus:
你选择边界上的一个点,也就是一个非常专门的问题,作为自己的主攻方向。
8. You push at the boundary for a few years:
你在这个点上苦苦思索,也许需要好几年。
9. Until one day, the boundary gives way:
终于有一天,你突破了这个点。
10.And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:
你把人类的知识向前推进了一步,这时你就成为博士了。
11. Of course, the world looks different to you now:
现在,展现在你眼前的世界与以前不同,你眼前再也没有别人走过的路,你周围的一切皆未知,你就是最前沿,别人都在你的身后。
12. So, don't forget the bigger picture:
但是,不要陶醉在这个点上,不要把整张图的样子忘了。
Keep pushing.
前面需要突破的点还有无数,你继续努力向前推进吧!