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Old August 5th 07, 09:40 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Mike Dworetsky
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Default Brain May finishes thesis after 26 year gap - yes it's on topic because it's an astronomy degree

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LOTS of stories about it here

http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp?ie=UT...ncl=1118876812


Amusing that the Independent's spell checker changed Radial Velocities to
Radical Velocities in the title of the thesis. Other reports got the
title
right: "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud".



The Daily Mail:

Brian May, the lead guitarist from the rock group Queen, is gearing up
to study an astrology PhD.


Arrghh! A mistake like this had to happen eventually. It's one reason I am
an astronomer everywhere except at parties, where I become an
"astrophysicist" to try to head off horoscope questions.

Anyways, he isn't "gearing up", he is completing a degree started a long
time ago.

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