Bohemian doctorate
Call him Dr. Queen. Guitarist Brian May did not go through 37 years of astronomy school just to be called Mr. May, thank you.
Yes, 33 years after beginning his 48,000-word thesis, “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud,” Imperial College London, May has his PhD.
Dr. May blogged about it today, noting that he endured a 3-hour oral exam: “After only a couple of minutes they called me back into the room and offered their hands in congratulations. Yes, my category was number 2. I understand pretty much nobody gets a 1st category - which is ‘This is perfect - here’s your PhD.’ ”
Of course he studied astronomy. He’s a rock star. The AFP story is here.
Cross posted at Don Surber.
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Posted by Don Surber at 2:17 pm on Friday, August 24, 2007
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August 24th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Good for him! He’s right - hardly anyone gets passed though “with distinction.”
I got a “high pass” myself, in political science. I ain’t no rock star!
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