Ph.D. 圖解 (The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.)
這是 Matt Might 圖解什麼是博士，原文出自http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/。下面我列出了原文，加上了我迅速的中文翻譯。
Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:
想像下方的圓圈代表人類所有的知識。
By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:
當你小學畢業時，你知道一些。
By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:
當你高中畢業時，你知道多一點。
With a bachelor’s degree, you gain a specialty:
當你拿到學士學位時，你有個專業方向。
A master’s degree deepens that specialty:
碩士學位會加深對這個專業方向的了解。
Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:
讀研究文章會帶領你到人類知識的最前端。
Once you’re at the boundary, you focus:
當你到了這個(人類知識)的邊界，你會專注於一個專門的問題。
You push at the boundary for a few years:
你在這個邊緣努力了幾年。
Until one day, the boundary gives way:
直到某一天，你在這個邊界突破了。
And, that dent you’ve made is called a Ph.D.:…
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