http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/the-metallurgist-and-the-white-revolution/ Alicious Adventures of a Malkanthapuragudi-an! (Perseus cluster -- thanks to Chet at Science Musings blog) Sun, 12 May 2013 19:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/the-metallurgist-and-the-white-revolution/#comment-29136 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:07:07 +0000 http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/?p=5438#comment-29136 [...] We have heard about Verghese Kurien’s switch to metallurgy thanks to his reaching Michigan Sta…. Now I learn from here (thanks to Arunn at Nanopolitan) that  a mix-up in the admissions office allowed Sir John Gurdon to study zoology instead of classics and he is the Nobel prize winner for his work! After receiving the report Sir John said he switched his attention to classics and was offered a place to study at Christ Church, Oxford, but was allowed to switch courses and read zoology instead because of a mix-up in the admissions office. [...]

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