Degrees Quote by Volkmar Sigusch

I was trained as an economic theorist; my job at MIT was as an economic theorist. At some level that's still part of my…

— Abhijit Banerjee

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

— James Rothman

When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not…

— Arthur Hailey

The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion.

— James Heckman

A rare theorist turned experimentalist.

— Willis Lamb

I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain…

— Brian Ferneyhough

I studied history and English in college, got a master's in writing, but I was always sort of an autodidact in science.

— Anthony Doerr

My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart.

— Yuri Milner

I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist.

— Philip K. Dick

I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.

— William Mapother

I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other…

— Becki Newton

I do have a degree in history.

— Neha Dhupia