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Myron Oygold : a graduate student struggles /

What does it feel like to get a PhD? Doctorate programs can be simultaneously exhilarating and demoralizing. However, day-to-day, there is more psychological warfare raging in one's mind than most people may realize. These stories are written for graduate students. They follow the trials of Myr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zalinger, Jason Matthew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rotterdam, The Netherlands : SensePublishers, [2017]
Colección:Social fictions series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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