What is knowledge (12 photos)

Several years ago, the University of Utah professor Matt Might painted a graphic explanation of what a PhD thesis.

Imagine a circle, which symbolizes all the knowledge of mankind:



If you are weaned at the school nine classes, you know something:


After high school, you know a bit more:


The bachelor's degree gives you the specialization:


Master's Degree deepens this specialization:


Thanks to reading scientific articles, you get to the boundaries of human knowledge:


Thanks to reading scientific articles, you get to the boundaries of human knowledge:


Some years you spend in trying to expand knowledge and to move abroad:


Until then, when the boundary finally defies:


Here is a bulge on the circle of human knowledge, and your master's thesis called:


Of course, now the world looks to you in another way:


So do not forget the overall picture: