What is Research and PhD ?

• Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:

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• By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:

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• By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:

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• With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:

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• A master's degree deepens that specialty:

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• Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:

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• Once you're at the boundary, you focus:

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• You push at the boundary for a few years:

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• Until one day, the boundary gives way:

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• And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:

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• Of course, the world looks different to you now:

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• So, don't forget the bigger picture:

Keep pushing.12

• Why do we want to do research:

For our human future

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• But do not over do…

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Reading for graduate students

• Suitable for any research areas:http://matt.might.net/articles/books-papers-materials-for-graduate-students/

• The Last Lecturehttp://www.thelastlecture.com/

• PhD Comicshttp://www.phdcomics.com/