Bohemian Gravity: A physics thesis that will get read because of an awesome video

<object height="315" width="420"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/2rjbtsX7twc?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/2rjbtsX7twc?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The strange world in which we live is that a masters student will likely get his thesis read because it is attached to a really incredibly geekily awesome video which is a physics parody of Queen’s <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/Bohemian%2BRhapsody" rel="lastfm" target="_blank" title="Bohemian Rhapsody">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>. </span><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">It is worth a watch even if <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="String theory">string theory</a> is something you do when you try to estimate how far to stand away from the your friend when you try to shoot the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_cheese" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="String cheese">string cheese</a> at his mouth. 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Bohemian Gravity: A physics thesis that will get read because of an awesome video

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