用圖示解釋博士

網路上看到matt.might寫的圖示法解釋什麼事博士（phD)，感覺很有趣，就轉貼分享

原始連結：http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

 

 

 

第一張圖，這個空白的圓代表所有人類的知識
Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:

第二張圖，代表你經過了基礎教育後，你多方的從課本與各方面攝取了人類的知識

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

第三張圖，你完成了高中學業後，就會知道的更多

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

第四張圖，當你完成大學學業時，由於已經選系專研，所以你的知識會在某方面專研特別的深

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

延續上面，當你完成碩士學位，就鑽的更深

A master's degree deepens that specialty:

繼續鑽研，就會在你的專精領域上面，慢慢接觸到沒人曾經到達過的領域

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

 

Once you're at the boundary, you focus:

You push at the boundary for a few years:

Until one day, the boundary gives way:

 

當你真的突破了，你就成為博士了

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

Of course, the world looks different to you now:

So, don't forget the bigger picture: