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The Ph.D Grind: A Ph.D Student Memoir (pgbovine.net) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2012 | 285 points by unignorant | original thread | |
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The Death of Corporate Research Labs (blog.dshr.org) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2020 | 355 points by banjo_milkman | original thread | |
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Why Bell Labs Worked (1517.substack.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2025 | 336 points by areoform | original thread | |
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Why I Keep a Research Blog (gregorygundersen.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2020 | 607 points by gwgundersen | original thread | |
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How the U.S. became a science superpower (steveblank.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2025 | 480 points by groseje | original thread | |
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Why Does DARPA Work? (benjaminreinhardt.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2020 | 347 points by MKais | original thread | |
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How to Read a Paper (2016) [pdf] (blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2020 | 343 points by DecayingOrganic | original thread | |
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The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. (matt.might.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 319 points by jonp | original thread | |
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How to write a great research paper [pdf] (research.microsoft.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2013 | 251 points by siromoney | original thread | |
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How did places like Bell Labs know how to ask the right questions? (2023) (freaktakes.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2025 | 183 points by sebg | original thread | |
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Getting into a PhD program with a low GPA (3dpancakes.typepad.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 87 points by dangoldin | original thread | |
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Richard Hamming: You and Your Research (1986) (paulgraham.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2012 | 66 points by ColinWright | original thread | |
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Ask HN: Has anyone worked at the US National Labs before? |
| recommended by 1 user | 2023 | 4 points by science4sail | original thread | |
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