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Did you know that Brian May, song writer and lead guitarist for Queen is an astrophyscist? I just saw that on the news.

Posted - January 2, 2019
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  • 46117
    I think being a lead guitarist for Queen is harder.

    Anyone can be an astrophysicist.  He contributed hundreds of songs for Queen.  What has he contributed in the anals of Astrophysics?   Is it even hard?


    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at January 2, 2019 6:00 PM MST
      January 2, 2019 5:32 PM MST
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  • 44607
    Sorry...annals...not anals. Uh...the math to be an astrophysicist is very complex. I took 6 classes in it.
      January 2, 2019 6:02 PM MST
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  • 46117
    You know I am being insanely ridiculous.

    And I KNEW I did something wrong with that anal thing.  LOL 

    Thanks for head's up.
      January 2, 2019 8:22 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Aw shucks! You corrected that faster than I could think up a dum joke!
      January 2, 2019 10:02 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Not Sure, NEVER miss a chance to make a dum joke in my direction.  I know I beg for them.  

    ME- DUMB.   (there's a "b" in that word, by the way)
      January 2, 2019 10:05 PM MST
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  • 10052
    It sounds familiar. Pretty cool, isn't it? 

    Happy New Year! Hope your holidays were enjoyable. :)
      January 2, 2019 6:18 PM MST
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  • 7280
    After you’ve participated in NASA’s New Horizons mission to the edge of the solar system, and written a rock anthem for the mission as well, what is there left to do? For Brian May, the lead guitarist for the rock band Queen who went on to earn a Ph.D. in astrophysics, maybe it’s taking a trip to space.

    https://www.geekwire.com/2018/queens-rock-star-astrophysicist-brian-may-debuts-space-anthem-far-trip/ This post was edited by tom jackson at January 3, 2019 10:45 AM MST
      January 2, 2019 7:06 PM MST
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  • 46117
    This guy's gotta be freakin brainy.   Man alive.  And the joke on mankind is, this genius plays in a rock band and we have TRUMP as the leader of our nation.   WHY GOD?  

    I would have a hard time convincing atheists that God exists after this travesty.   (JOKING... Sorry, God.  You know we are cool, right?)  



      January 2, 2019 10:08 PM MST
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  • 976
    The math on the guitar is probably very simple for him. He's amazing. I didn't know about that. Gene Simmons is a genius so is Dolph Lundgren. Now, as an actor, Dolph is Rocky Balboa. This post was edited by easyjolene at January 3, 2019 7:11 PM MST
      January 2, 2019 7:47 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I think Dolph is one of the most interesting people on the planet.  He is very original.   He was Grace Jones' beau for years.  Maybe he still is.  The other guy?  Gene Simmons, I do not doubt is a genius, but it still makes him kind of a soulless bast**d in reality TV.   ICKY man.  But I admire his smarts and his connecting with fellow smarties.

    The astro guy is AMAZING.
      January 2, 2019 10:11 PM MST
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  • Yes I actually found that out when I saw the movie Bohemian Rhapsody.:) 
      January 2, 2019 8:02 PM MST
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  • 44607
    Can't wait for it on Netflix.
      January 2, 2019 10:31 PM MST
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  • It was a great movie, and the music fantastic!
      January 3, 2019 10:05 AM MST
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  • 19937
    I( just saw that on the news tonight, too and I was astonished.  Quite amazing!
      January 2, 2019 8:37 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Yes I knew he was and watched him many times.....I believe he's been up in the jumbo jet converted to hold a giant telescope to stare out into the stars ant a great hight to view the stars in a much thinner atmosphere....

    Judgeing by your photo.....He also looks like he plays along with String theory's .....:)D 
      January 3, 2019 3:24 AM MST
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  • 44607
    Isaac Newton's hair.
      January 3, 2019 10:44 AM MST
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  • 46117


    Speaking of Newton hair.  Kind of like Donald Trump's hairs.
      January 3, 2019 10:47 AM MST
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  • 14795
    Did he have  any ? 
      January 3, 2019 2:19 PM MST
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  • 44607
    Yes...

      January 3, 2019 3:23 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Was his  pseudonym Dan Druft then ? :)D 
      January 3, 2019 4:28 PM MST
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  • 16768
    I heard that too. Musician Art Garfunkel and musician/comedian Tom Lehrer were both professors of mathematics, and Monty Python's Graham Chapman (who played King Arthur and Brian) was a doctor of medicine.
      January 4, 2019 2:12 AM MST
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