Tech Docs
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Brian May built one of the most extraordinary dual careers in modern culture: stadium-filling rock guitarist and working astrophysicist. Before Queen became one of the world’s most successful rock bands, May was already studying physics and astronomy at Imperial College London. His doctoral research focused on zodiacal dust — the cloud of tiny particles spread…
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Story Musgrave built one of the most extraordinary résumés in spaceflight history: Marine aircraft mechanic and electrician, mathematician, computer programmer, physician, aerospace researcher, surgeon, pilot and NASA astronaut. He began in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1950s, working around military aircraft before building an academic record almost as remarkable as his later space career.…
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Eric Heiden built one of the strangest elite résumés in American sports: Olympic speed-skating champion, professional cyclist, Tour de France rider, Stanford-trained physician and orthopedic surgeon. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, the 21-year-old Heiden entered every men’s speed-skating event and won all five. He took gold in the 500, 1,000, 1,500, 5,000…
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Dexter Holland built a career that reads like several lives stacked together: punk-rock frontman, molecular biologist, pilot, entrepreneur and endurance athlete. Before The Offspring became one of the biggest punk bands in the world, Holland was a USC student who planned to become a doctor. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences in 1988…
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Leland Melvin is the only person drafted into the National Football League who later flew in space. His path took him from college football to aerospace engineering, then through an astronaut medical setback that nearly ended his space career before it began. Melvin graduated from the University of Richmond with a chemistry degree in 1986…
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Jonny Kim has already lived several careers that would normally stand alone. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after high school in 2002, became a Navy SEAL, and served as a combat medic, sniper, navigator and point man during more than 100 combat operations. His decorations include the Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat…
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