Comments on: Congratulations Brian May! http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:16:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chanda http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73698 Chanda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:06:21 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73698 Thanks! I wonder if he'll postdoc somewhere ... :) Thanks!

I wonder if he’ll postdoc somewhere … :)

]]> By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73541 Yvette Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:35:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73541 "Passions are important." Indeed. :) There have been few things more enjoyable than picking up a third instrument in my recent years (I do piano too, though my amateurish repertoire consists of only <i>Fur Elise</i> and Beatles tunes), it's just the juggling always needs a bit of work. I once told a friend that in my life physics was for the mind, music was for the soul, and words were for bringing the two together. I promptly filed it away because I figured it was as concise a life philosophy as I was going to come across in the near future! “Passions are important.” Indeed. :) There have been few things more enjoyable than picking up a third instrument in my recent years (I do piano too, though my amateurish repertoire consists of only Fur Elise and Beatles tunes), it’s just the juggling always needs a bit of work.

I once told a friend that in my life physics was for the mind, music was for the soul, and words were for bringing the two together. I promptly filed it away because I figured it was as concise a life philosophy as I was going to come across in the near future!

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73538 Amara Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:53:40 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73538 involvement might be too strong a word- I (and we) sent him a book last June of dust papers- the latest work in the interplanetary dust field. I have no news if he used it or it helped him (only that his publisher forwarded it to him), but we hope so! involvement might be too strong a word- I (and we) sent him a book last June of dust papers- the latest work in the interplanetary dust field. I have no news if he used it or it helped him (only that his publisher forwarded it to him), but we hope so!

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73462 Clifford Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:34:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73462 Hi Amara! Greetings from Cambridge! I did not know about you and your community's involvement with the recent Brian May story. Excellent. Thanks for the pointer to his blog. He <em>does</em> seem pleased, doesn't he? -cvj Hi Amara! Greetings from Cambridge! I did not know about you and your community’s involvement with the recent Brian May story. Excellent. Thanks for the pointer to his blog. He does seem pleased, doesn’t he?

-cvj

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73461 Clifford Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:34:05 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73461 Hi Yvette! I did not know that was your first should out to me... Great! About the guitar, and the violin... let them consume you a bit, right along side the physics too. You've got the room for it, I'm sure, and they will serve you well now and in the future as a wonderful release. Passions are important. -cvj Hi Yvette! I did not know that was your first should out to me… Great!

About the guitar, and the violin… let them consume you a bit, right along side the physics too. You’ve got the room for it, I’m sure, and they will serve you well now and in the future as a wonderful release. Passions are important.

-cvj

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73444 Amara Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:06:57 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73444 What a wild ride over the years! I remember in the middle 1970s learning that one of the Queen band members was an astrophysicist. Then I put that information in the back of my mind, and I forgot about it for 30 years. Sometime last year, I learned from cosmic variance that Brian May is a coauthor of a popular astronomy book. When I went to the web site of the book, and then to Brian May's blog, I learned that he was going back to school to finish his dissertation on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_dust_cloud" rel="nofollow">interplanetary dust cloud</a> (zodiacal light). OK, that led to more: an effort by me and our interplanetary dust community to help support his thesis effort. I don't know if what we did helped, but I'm _so pleased_ that his results were excellent. Take a look at <a href="http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html" rel="nofollow">his excitement</a>. I'm so happy for him. Now I hope he shows himself in our dust community sometime! Greetings from <a href="http://www.goldschmidt2007.org/" rel="nofollow">Cologne, Germany</a>, Amara What a wild ride over the years! I remember in the middle 1970s learning that one of the Queen band members was an astrophysicist. Then I put that information in the back of my mind, and I forgot about it for 30 years.

Sometime last year, I learned from cosmic variance that Brian May is a coauthor of a popular astronomy book. When I went to the web site of the book, and then to Brian May’s blog, I learned that he was going back to school to finish his dissertation on the interplanetary dust cloud (zodiacal light). OK, that led to more: an effort by me and our interplanetary dust community to help support his thesis effort. I don’t know if what we did helped, but I’m _so pleased_ that his results were excellent. Take a look at his excitement. I’m so happy for him. Now I hope he shows himself in our dust community sometime!

Greetings from Cologne, Germany, Amara

]]> By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73405 Yvette Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:49:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73405 Hey, I think the '39 post was the first one where I started commenting on your posts! :) On a musical note (har har har), I started to play (acoustic) guitar this summer after fondly remembering my many impromptu lessons from strangers in hostels. My current one is a $30 on eBay sort of purchase made by a friend, and I have no pick or strap, but beginners always start on inferior instruments right? ;) Only problem is the guitar is trying to eat my soul, or at least my free time, but that's my violin's job already and two serious instruments are a bit much for a physics student. Hey, I think the ‘39 post was the first one where I started commenting on your posts! :)

On a musical note (har har har), I started to play (acoustic) guitar this summer after fondly remembering my many impromptu lessons from strangers in hostels. My current one is a $30 on eBay sort of purchase made by a friend, and I have no pick or strap, but beginners always start on inferior instruments right? ;) Only problem is the guitar is trying to eat my soul, or at least my free time, but that’s my violin’s job already and two serious instruments are a bit much for a physics student.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73402 Clifford Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:31:48 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73402 Quarter of a Century?! You don't seem a day over 25 to me... Happy Birthday!!!! -cvj Quarter of a Century?! You don’t seem a day over 25 to me…

Happy Birthday!!!!

-cvj

]]> By: Chanda http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73401 Chanda Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:29:58 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73401 woot! I think it's a good sign for me that he finished up on my quarter century birthday :) Well, I'm making it a good sign for me, hehehe. I am inspired to spend the work day listening to Queen now, thanks! woot! I think it’s a good sign for me that he finished up on my quarter century birthday :) Well, I’m making it a good sign for me, hehehe.

I am inspired to spend the work day listening to Queen now, thanks!

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73347 Clifford Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:01:34 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73347 Well... I did not say they were any good now, did I? And, really, it was just the one complete one from scratch....(only the strings were store bought, on the mechanical side of things) while another was a rebuild of an existing one and another was a partial build, in preparation for the real thing. It was a lot of fun. -cvj Well… I did not say they were any good now, did I? And, really, it was just the one complete one from scratch….(only the strings were store bought, on the mechanical side of things) while another was a rebuild of an existing one and another was a partial build, in preparation for the real thing. It was a lot of fun.

-cvj

]]> By: Aaron F. http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73335 Aaron F. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:57:05 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/23/congratulations-brian-may/#comment-73335 LOL!!! I know some people are in grad school for a while, but... :D p.s. You BUILT ELECTRIC GUITARS? Maybe I don't have what it takes to be a physicist, because I find myself wishing i could build an electric guitar approximately every two weeks... :P LOL!!! I know some people are in grad school for a while, but… :D

p.s. You BUILT ELECTRIC GUITARS? Maybe I don’t have what it takes to be a physicist, because I find myself wishing i could build an electric guitar approximately every two weeks… :P

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