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https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/11/steiner-receives-physics-ph-d-from-brown-at-age-89
A Brown Univ. physics professor said, "“It’s truly remarkable,” Valles said. “I don’t know how he has the brain power. He’s doing theoretical physics. The concepts and the mathematics are deep — they are deep.”
Another physics professor said, "But launching on theoretical physics long after retirement? “I didn’t have any expectation, really,” Marston said, “that he would finish.”
"It is easy to imagine Steiner would no longer be able to make the intellectual leaps required in the field, Valles said, and be imaginative in new ways. “Our brains kind of get wired in a certain way after a while,” he said, adding, “At least that’s what it feels like sometimes.” Maybe picking up an entirely new field later in life is a good way to tap into little-used corners of the brain, he mused. “Maybe there’s more play space in there than you think, because you’ve entered a different realm.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/25/retired-doctor-earns-physics-doctorate-age-89/ (probably only available to subscribers)
The professors were surprised Dr Steiner succeeded because he was so old. i liked the last paragraph I quoted from Wapo.
A Brown Univ. physics professor said, "“It’s truly remarkable,” Valles said. “I don’t know how he has the brain power. He’s doing theoretical physics. The concepts and the mathematics are deep — they are deep.”
Another physics professor said, "But launching on theoretical physics long after retirement? “I didn’t have any expectation, really,” Marston said, “that he would finish.”
"It is easy to imagine Steiner would no longer be able to make the intellectual leaps required in the field, Valles said, and be imaginative in new ways. “Our brains kind of get wired in a certain way after a while,” he said, adding, “At least that’s what it feels like sometimes.” Maybe picking up an entirely new field later in life is a good way to tap into little-used corners of the brain, he mused. “Maybe there’s more play space in there than you think, because you’ve entered a different realm.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/25/retired-doctor-earns-physics-doctorate-age-89/ (probably only available to subscribers)
The professors were surprised Dr Steiner succeeded because he was so old. i liked the last paragraph I quoted from Wapo.
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