• Question: do you know anyone famous with the same phd as you??

    Asked by julietteliddyhill to Stephen, Lauren, Joseph, Colm, Eoin on 15 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Stephen Scully

      Stephen Scully answered on 15 Nov 2013:

      Yes. Brian May, guitarist with Queen.

    • Photo: Eoin O Colgain

      Eoin O Colgain answered on 15 Nov 2013:

      Yes, but famous may be a relative term. I can only think of two household names currently alive, Hawking and Higgs. George Smoot did a cameo on Big Bang theory, but he is probably not famous. Besides, he is also experimental.

    • Photo: Joseph Roche

      Joseph Roche answered on 15 Nov 2013:

      I think Stephen is right. Brian May is probably the most famous person that has a PhD in astrophysics. Which is a little bit sad, because he’s more a rockstar than a scientist. But maybe Neil deGrasse Tyson might be more famous now. I hope he is.

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