There are all too few roman a clefs for life in modern academia
Changing Places, of course, and its sequels by Lodge; Smiley's Moo; and the classic, if dated, History Man by Bradbury.
(I'm tempted to add in the Rachel Papers by Amis but I won't.)
Now the legendary pseudonymous Female Science Professor has compiled some of her favourite blog entries into a (self-published) book, thereby attempting to prove that there really are some true gems in the self-publishing industry.
I have not read it, yet, but I am assured it must be good.
You just know it has to be good.
Yes, it really will be like "Moo" meets Medawar's "Advice to a Young Scientist".
But, who should be cast for the movie?
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This is not a time to be profound. This is a time to rehydrate and make some more coffee. And search around for stuff that fell out of pockets.
Who's there?
Cows-go.
Cow-go who?
No, cows go moo!
By Miranda and Vivian, aged 6.
Where encryption starts getting really interesting, in my opinion, is
block ciphers. Block ciphers are a general category of ciphers that
are sort of a combination of substitution and transposition ciphers, and
sort of something entirely different. They're really fascinating
tags: leopards, cell phones, ringtones,
Moo may be listed as a novel but as you suggest here is a must-read for newbie assistant professors. A real instruction manual for professorial careers...
Jodie Foster, of course!