Postdoc Quotes

The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you. (Eric Allin Cornell)
When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue. View quote
Randy Schekman
One way to be strong was to be knowledgeable. In so many areas, it was not possible to be knowledgeable without getting a Ph. D. and doing a postdoc. Guns and hunting provided an out for men who wanted to be know-it-alls but who couldn't afford to spend the first three decades of their lives getting up to speed on quantum mechanics or oncology. View quote
Neal Stephenson