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Brian May, Rock Legend, Publishes His Thesis

Posted by kdawson on from the eyes-just-like-a-laser-beam dept.

A year ago we took note when Brian May, guitarist for Queen for the last 30 years, submitted his thesis for a Ph.D. in astrophysics. The news now is that the thesis has been published. You, too, can read all about the population of tiny asteroids and space dust that cause the Zodiacal light. The completed thesis appears as the book "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" (Springer and Canopus Publishing Ltd., 2008), available at Amazon for $71.96. May was awarded his Ph.D. last summer and accepted a position as chancellor at a British university in November.

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  1. Too pricey by Ron_Fitzgerald · · Score: 5, Funny

    $71.96? Come on, Halo 3 was only $60 and that cost $100,000,000 to make.

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    ~ Ron Fitzgerald
    1. Re:Too pricey by reset_button · · Score: 5, Informative

      I just paid $60 for a copy of MY OWN dissertation! Five years of hard work and then my university makes me pay $200+ for copyright and publishing, then charges me another $60 to get a copy!

  2. Rock music by DivineGod · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sorts of gives that term a new meaning?

    1. Re:Rock music by Ron_Fitzgerald · · Score: 5, Funny

      I though for sure the first bad joke would have something to do with Mercury!!

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  3. Full thesis title by radimvice · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Another One Bites the Dust: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud".

    1. Re:Full thesis title by philspear · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wonder if he used a radio-ga-ga telescope to get his data?

    2. Re:Full thesis title by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

      The rotation of oscillating rotational planets, as influenced by female homo sapiens with large gluteal regions.

  4. Two down, two to go by plopez · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now all he needs to do is learn how to do brain surgery and start making movies.

    If you don't get the joke, rent this one:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/

    and watch the extended version

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    putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
  5. Professors by Enderandrew · · Score: 5, Funny

    His astrophysicist professors kept arguing with him that despite his assertions, fat-bottomed girls did not make the world go round.

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    1. Re:Professors by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
      His astrophysicist professors kept arguing with him that despite his assertions, fat-bottomed girls did not make the world go round.

      However, it appears that travelling at the speed of light would make a supersonic man out of you.

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      Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
  6. Good for him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure beats getting coked out and dying in a gutter like some other rock legends.

    1. Re:Good for him by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

      As someone going for their PhD, I have to wonder if it actually does.

  7. And he still plays! by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Andrea Corr & Brian May performing "Is This The World We Created?" at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Concert at Hyde Park on June 27th 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amG-3BiiEu8

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  8. Beyond impressed by Pheidias · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To an opera singer who is wading into comp. sci. / AI / brain science (and rapidly getting submerged, I must admit), this is rather inspiring.

    Come on, Neil Peart! Don't let the guitarists get all the PhD's!

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  9. WIth a cool doctoral dissertation like that by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    the guy will finally be able to score with the chicks!

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    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
  10. I think... by david.given · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he's going to be the only person in academic history to actually generate any income from selling his Ph.D thesis.

  11. Re:The real question is... by mike260 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Brian May a LaTeX user? Perhaps he could write a song about it.

    I Want to Break Free?
    Chinese Torture?
    I'm Going Slightly Mad?