Postdocs then and now

Abstract

My postdoc was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) as part of a program to attract foreigners to Japan Alexei Kojevnikov's recently published book is titled I The Copenhagen Network: The Birth of Quantum Mechanics from a Postdoctoral Perspective i [1] During the period that Kojevnikov focuses on, 1920 to 1929, the postdoc had not achieved its subsequent status as an established career stage Separated from their research and scientific cohorts, these young scientists will have difficulty resuming their previous career paths [2] What connects the quantum postdocs of the 1920s, my postdoc of the 1980s, and the postdocs of COVID-19? [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Physics Today is the property of American Institute of Physics and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )