[Phys-L] Re: SACS question

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

One of the more famous astronomers at Wilson started out as a mule
skinner and janitor.  I think was completely self taught + apprenticing
to Hubble the former boxer.


http://www.mtwilson.edu/his/art/g1a4.php

who is a?

bc, who thinks it's quite responsive.

p.s. oh it is Hubble.

p.p.s. How about Faraday, Davy's most important discovery.

John Denker wrote:

> When it comes to hiring astronomers,
>   a) Would you hire someone who got a law degree, then
>    worked as a high-school Spanish teacher?
>   b) Would you hire a high-school dropout who started
>    out as a muleskinner, then worked his way up to janitor?
>   c) How 'bout if you hired them both and let them work
>    together?
>
>
> (Yeah, I know this is completely nonresponsive to the
> original question, but I couldn't resist. :-)
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