Date: 2011-07-12 04:20 pm (UTC)
The one I know of is Hale Bradt, X-ray astronomer, who majored in music as an undergraduate at Princeton [ http://web.mit.edu/physics/giving/profiles/bradt.html ].

But he made the jump in 1955. About a generation later, it would be close to unimaginable for an arts major to get into a graduate program in physics or astronomy...


I believe at least a couple of the better-known physicists of the late-19th and early-20th Century were accomplished "classical" pianists (I want to say Planck and Born, but I'd need to check my memory on this).
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

Profile

beamjockey: Drawing of Bill of the Heterodyne Boys by Phil Foglio. (Default)
beamjockey

May 2024

S M T W T F S
   1234
56789 1011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 17th, 2025 12:44 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios