tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2693964145065276934..comments2024-03-18T23:13:09.570-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: What is unusual about this MIT grad student in Applied Math?Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-74185267318963802652017-08-22T15:48:17.212-05:002017-08-22T15:48:17.212-05:00The President of Singapore, Tony Tan, has a PhD in...The President of Singapore, Tony Tan, has a PhD in math and was a math lecturer. To be fair in Singapore the head of government is the Prime Minister and Lee Hsien Loong doesn't have a PhD, but he was Senior Wrangler (i.e. top math undergrad) at Cambridge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-4368079052539725482017-08-17T19:54:51.229-05:002017-08-17T19:54:51.229-05:00Bob Etter (Ph.D. in Math, placekicker in NFL and W...Bob Etter (Ph.D. in Math, placekicker in NFL and WFL).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-10131832317229486912017-08-17T13:21:12.426-05:002017-08-17T13:21:12.426-05:00Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in un...Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes, also had a long career doing medical research. In fact, he set the mile world record while working as a doctor.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956803907225354566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-2684834675852647622017-08-16T01:32:43.255-05:002017-08-16T01:32:43.255-05:00If you consider chess a sport then Greg Hjorth was...If you consider chess a sport then Greg Hjorth was a Professor of Mathematics in mathematical logic at UCLA and University of Melbourne and an International Chess Master. Similarly Reuben Fine was a chess grandmaster as well as he earning a doctorate in psychology from USC.<br />Cricketer Mike Brearley captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. He He was the President of the MCC and is now a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and part time cricket journalist for The Times. He holds an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850285199223264278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-50642240202075183352017-08-15T07:44:19.634-05:002017-08-15T07:44:19.634-05:00Then consider Edwin Hubble (astronomer, first to s...Then consider Edwin Hubble (astronomer, first to show universe is more than Milky Way, Hubble constant, space telescope named after him.) He was also a serious athlete: star of the University of Chicago basketball team 1907-1909, when Chicago won the Big Ten Championship (and was eventually declared national champion by the Helms "foundation.")CSProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212822875614144307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-63517775363425139972017-08-15T04:24:22.388-05:002017-08-15T04:24:22.388-05:00Eric Zaslow is a great mathematical physicist and ...Eric Zaslow is a great mathematical physicist and wrote a book on ultimate frisbee:<br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_ZaslowCobinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-20215216586278316742017-08-14T23:13:02.045-05:002017-08-14T23:13:02.045-05:00Marvin Powell played for the Jets and got a law de...Marvin Powell played for the Jets and got a law degree in the off-seasonsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-380139132517213822017-08-14T21:36:17.038-05:002017-08-14T21:36:17.038-05:00Hi Bill.
Not a PhD on paper (per se) but capabil...Hi Bill. <br /><br />Not a PhD on paper (per se) but capability wise in terms of originality, drive and interest surely PhD material. <br /> <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hawkins<br /> <br />Very accomplished engineer and inventor with many patents behind his back. Worked for General Motors in Detroit, Michigan.<br />Also, what sugarcoats his case, he reprises in Donald E. Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 4 Pre-Fascicle 5C ... exercise 162 on Soma-type related endeavors involving tatamis and other entities ... Oh, yes, he was in correspondence with Martin Gardner. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-46593359660058434162017-08-14T20:19:00.337-05:002017-08-14T20:19:00.337-05:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-60583344170302511492017-08-14T16:20:23.815-05:002017-08-14T16:20:23.815-05:00Thanks for pointing this out and allowing me to cl...Thanks for pointing this out and allowing me to clarify- olympic is fine also- I really meant serious athlete. GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-86221442157810196672017-08-14T16:04:20.466-05:002017-08-14T16:04:20.466-05:00To be pedantic, Bill asked for professional athlet...To be pedantic, Bill asked for professional athletes. Professional athletes were not allowed into the early Olympic games.Abigailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-65598655425197878082017-08-14T13:58:19.197-05:002017-08-14T13:58:19.197-05:00Harald Bohr, the brother of the Nobel Prize-winnin...Harald Bohr, the brother of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr. He got his PhD at University of Copenhagen in 1910. He was also a member of the Danish national football (soccer) team for the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-85100125353115901192017-08-14T13:50:32.758-05:002017-08-14T13:50:32.758-05:00AH- on Wikipedia there is
one Ryan Williams- Comp...AH- on Wikipedia there is<br /><br />one Ryan Williams- Computer scientist<br />one Ryan Williams, American Football<br />two Ryan Williams, Australian Football<br />two Ryan Williams, English Football<br />one Ryan Williams, baseball player<br />one Ryan Williams, American Actor<br />one Ryan Williams, Politician.<br /><br />So Ryan does more than prove just<br />complexity theory and algorithms!<br />GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-16192776403399542742017-08-14T12:13:25.518-05:002017-08-14T12:13:25.518-05:00Ryan Williams? ��Ryan Williams? ��Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-49696433321957749722017-08-14T07:03:43.423-05:002017-08-14T07:03:43.423-05:00Anna Giordano Bruno
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...Anna Giordano Bruno<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Giordano_BrunoAnonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360323045834441297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-35569463288982451162017-08-14T03:49:16.677-05:002017-08-14T03:49:16.677-05:00Not a professional athlete, but a leading politici...Not a professional athlete, but a leading politician with a PhD and research career: Angela Merkel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com