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this reminds me of a professor in probability who didn't have formal education iirc, he was a 'magician' with cards or something ... who plays a lot with proba
by hs 18y ago
this reminds me of a professor in probability who didn't have formal education
iirc, he was a 'magician' with cards or something ... who plays a lot with probability
he impressed a prof from ivy league uni, then got into grad school without having to do undergrad.
it happened around 1950, should be less possible now
actually around 2003 i had a friend doing master in EE, having background as chinese language teacher. An old chinese professor of her let her into the EE grad program :D she was really struggling :(
- antiform 18y agoI believe you're talking about Persi Diaconis, who's now a Stats professor at Stanford. He's not that old (born in 1945), and while he didn't complete high school, he did have an undergraduate education, but it was taking evening classes at City College of New York.