You Must Be Very Intelligent: The PhD Delusion
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 331959320X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 339 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Behind the curtains of a PhD experience Okay, one important thing up front: Although not being a PhD student, neither somebody going to university for a science degree, I found this book highly engaging!Karin Bodewits’ novel takes the reader on a journey through a three-year-long PhD experience at the University of Edinburgh. I was immediately drawn into a nuanced and well-crafted story that engages with a multitude of themes of PhD life, such as a young scientist’s academic ambitions, personal struggles with friends, family and motivational issues, and insights in the often rusty university structures and codes of conduct of modern day researc. "What a fun to read" according to Amazon Customer. What a fun to read! I read the book in one go until What a fun to read Amazon Customer What a fun to read! I read the book in one go until 4 a.m. in the morning because I couldn't stop. Who ever wanted to peek inside the ivory tower of academia, must read this humorous and witty tale of postgrad life at the University of Edinburgh. An entertaining and warm-hearted story of disillusionment, where "Sex and the City" meets natural science. 5 stars definitely!. a.m. in the morning because I couldn't stop. Who ever wanted to peek inside the ivory tower of academia, must read this humorous and witty tale of postgrad life at the University of Edinburgh. An entertaining and warm-hearted story of disillusionment, where "Sex and the City" meets natural science. 5 stars definitely!. Amazon Customer said which I would recommend to anyone who likes reading well written stories (PhD. Having done a PhD myself, I can very much relate to this book, which I would recommend to anyone who likes reading well written stories (PhD or not)! The story about the virtual cat and her encounter with Thomas made me cry of laughter.
From the Back CoverYou Must be Very Intelligent is the author’s account of studying for a PhD in a modern, successful university. After all, she knows that only the extraordinarily learned and the astonishingly intelligent ever hold chairs and professorships She knows researchers are idealists yearning to enrich the stock of human knowledge… She knows university is the apotheosis of civilised culture… She knows… very little… This witty, warts-and-all tale of postgrad life in the august University of Edinburgh will strike a chord in anyone who has ever aspired to life in the ivory tower. It is a warm-hearted story of disillusionment, wherein passion and innocence are merrily bludgeoned by big egos, ludicrous farce, tawdry corr
And it is a cautionary parable for innocents who still believe that lofty academia is erected upon moral high ground…. She describes a world of collaboration and backstabbing; nefarious financing and wasted genius; cosmopolitan dreamers and discoveries that might just change the world… Is this a smart people’s world or a drip can of weird species? Modern academia is certainly darker and stranger than one might suspect… This book will put a wry, knowing smile on the faces of former researchers. You Must be Very Intelligent is the author’s account of studying for a PhD in a modern, successful university. Part-memoir and part-exposé, this book is highly entertaining and unusually revealing about the dubious morality and desperate behaviour which underpins competition i
I matriculated at the University of Groningen and studied biology. Feeling like a lost soul, I backpacked round South America, not knowing what would or should come next. Having re-stocked my pocket, and feeling sufficiently proficient in the academic world, I quit a year later. Unfortunately, I felt slightly bored and wet and steered my studies towards microbiology which, thankfully, entailed a roof over my head during experiments. At the age of seventee