Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, made a surprising announcement recently while accepting an honorary degree….he has finally finished his Ph.D. May started the Ph.D. in astrophysics* in 1971 but abandoned it in 1974 after his little rock and roll side project started taking up too much time. It seems that his interest was rekindled while working on a kid’s science book and he dug up his old notes and finished the thesis. He won’t find out for a while yet if it passes muster with the supervising committee, but I sure hope he gets it. Like all Ph.D. students, he seriously questioned the wisdom of doing the Ph.D. as he worked hard over the last nine months to do further research and write it up. So, in honor of the soon-to-be Dr. May, here is a little Queen to rock your university:
*For those of you that are curious, the dissertation is on movement of dust clouds in the solar system.
