The spaceman was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea and completed much of his education in England (Harrow and Cambridge University) before moving to the US, where he did a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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He completed his PhD in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the 1970s.

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In 2007, after 6 years of PhD work, I arrived at the McGovern Institute at MIT, a mecca for neuroscience research.

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Among his degrees are a BA in Mathematics and BS in Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD in Biology from MIT.

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So Vinny, the high school graduate from New Jersey with hair coming up from under his shirt, now had to run his bond trades next to a PhD from MIT who could use mathematical models to understand the option value of the security.

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Cambrian Innovation, a company founded by Matt Silver while completing an MIT Engineering Systems PhD, has figured out a way to cut the amount of energy needed to treat wastewater.

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