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An A-Class Reject - with Ed Copeland

The Numberphile Podcast

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How Did You Get Your PhD?

When he was in his third year at Kings, John Martin taught him quantum mechanics. He then went on to teach a course on general relativity for the first time. At this point they said you go and do a PhD - so he looked up where that could be done. It turned out to be Newcastle with Paul Davis who is still very active. And I knew nothing about it but thoughtI could see it was bringing these things together. So I applied and he invited me up for interview. That's what I tell potential students when they're going for interview: find out about the group you're going to have an interview with,. Find out what they do and show that you're interested in

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Drama is at the center of the meek versus Drake battle. Yes.
Speaker 2
We have that Uzi I want to rock versus dreams and nightmares conversation that just came up recently.
Speaker 3
Which is crazy. But with context, now you kind
Speaker 1
of, now it's. Now it's even crazy. Honestly, look at that. This and go right back to the envy clip you played where you said, yo, we ain't talked. But you called me about the housing sheet. Meek is saying, yo, we ain't had the best relationship. I'm not on your album. But you're calling me to do your tiny desk with
Speaker 2
you. Tiny desk is a podcast.
Speaker 3
No, it's a live performance. It's a live performance.
Speaker 4
Live performance. Live performance. Never MTV unplugged. It's kind of like that. It's like, if we
Speaker 1
ain't really fucking with each other like that, why are you calling me? Got it.
Speaker 2
He also talked about Callie, too. Me tweeted about Callie as well. I'm not going to speak on Callie.
Speaker 1
But something, let me get me. He said, if they asked me, if I was at an interview and they asked me about you and Callie, I wouldn't say nothing. And I made millions of dollars with Callie. I just am not cut like that. I wouldn't do it. Then he
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said, drama, you really do know real charity and Philly. He just started going the way he went. He got it all off. He started going the way. And that's the thing. That's
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why I, back to the Twitter thing, meet going to let you know exactly what he's thinking and what he's feeling. All the way through. He's going to get it all off. And because I know that to be true about me, Paul, I
Speaker 3
was flagriffed.

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