Friday, August 3, 2007

Maybe there is hope for academic dropouts after all...

... just so long as they become rock stars first.

Guitarist Brian May is to spend two days studying the night sky in the Canary Islands as he completes the PhD he abandoned in 1971 to join Queen.

May is going to La Palma to observe the formation of "zodiacal dust clouds".

The subject forms the basis of a thesis for London's Imperial College, where he had been studying before deciding to pursue a career with the rock group.

Of course, if you're a more ordinary dropout (like me for instance) you generally have more pressing issues on your mind... like making a living.

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