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Google Book Search想必大家都不陌生，最近的新闻是它把许多版权已经失去时效的古典名著，当然也有“不”名著，都扫描成册，支持全文的浏览阅读。

本想试试，可是脑袋里想不起什么英文名著，知道的也都是汉语名字，莎士比亚的英语也不会写，于是输入自己研究领域的关键字，发现居然也有大量的书籍可以全文阅读。甚至在高级搜索中锁定最近两年的结果，也可以找到不少资料，不知道Google是怎么处理这些版权的。

一篇最近的IEEE Spectrum的文章，关于科学工作者的职业生涯的（How to climb the academic ladder）。正在读博士或者博士已经“后”了几年的读者值得一读。

里面提到的"Tenure clock"是六年。

What's Up, Postdoc?

By Prachi Patel-Predd

How to climb the academic ladder

Late one night, Richard J. Radke was at his desk, putting together applications for faculty jobs. Nearing the completion of his Ph.D., he was hoping to embark on an academic career. A senior professor he knew well took Radke aside and said, “I hate to tell you this, but it’s going to be brutal,” he recalls. Radke, now an assistant professor in electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, N.Y., admits that his professor was right. Even once he’d landed a job, for the first few years he was constantly busy and stressed out as he learned the ropes and started worrying about tenure.