The highest science degree in the UK and U.S.

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I heard that in Anglo-Saxon countries there is no habilitation, I heard that in Anglo-Saxon countries there is no habilitation, it is only the degree of Doctor.

In Poland and from what I know we have some other higher degrees than of Doctor

Dr. Hab. doctor habilitated
Profesor nadzywczajny extraordinary Professor (professor extraordinarius) (or Doctor or doctor habilitated, but generally the latter, employed as a professor at the university.
Profesor zwyczajny Ordinary Professor (professor ordinarius), is scientist has been given the title of professor for his outstanding contributions to science (he must be dr. hab), he is granted at the request of the central committee to degrees and titles, President of Poland

there is education beyond a doctorate in the states. it's called post-doc work.

I've never heard of Dr. Hab until now, just the title "Doctor".

In the U.S. we don't have any degrees beyond a doctorate.

Thank goodness, if we did people would never actually finish with school!

Being a post-doc simply means that you are working in a lab setting under the supervision of a higher-up person with a doctorate. It isn't a type of degree or education. It's just the next step after getting your Ph.D. You still aren't on the same "level" as most academics; once you put in two or so years as a post-doc, still following others' orders, you finally get to run your own experiments and such.

You could actually get other types of doctorates like D.Juris (law), Pharm.D, or other medical degrees.

I still might not

I knew a man with 3 PhD's and we just called him Triple-Doc as a nickname.....then he got his 4th PhD

So now we call him Quad-Doc.

Btw, he did his 3rd and 4th while RUNNING a University.