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Cambridge awarded Aubrey de Grey a PhD in biology based on his book on the mitochondrial theory of aging. Both Cambridge and Oxford will consider works of thei
by thomasahle 7y ago
Cambridge awarded Aubrey de Grey a PhD in biology based on his book on the mitochondrial theory of aging.
Both Cambridge and Oxford will consider works of their former undergraduates for PhD's, and arrange formal defences.
This seems like an entirely fair system. Some people end up doing real research without having participated in a PhD program, and it seems natural to then let them defend that as a thesis.
- ISL 7y agoThat is very cool -- I've not seen that done before, but done right, it is a wonderful idea.
- dewy 7y agoAnd Martin Kleppman got his PhD based in part on Designing Data Intensive Applications.
- kwhitefoot 7y agoAs far as I can tell a European, and more specifically UK, PhD is a rather different animal than a US PhD. Much shorter elapsed time for a start. I suspect that most people commenting are assuming that the system they are most familiar with is universal, including the author of the article.