A few of you know that I really am a nerd who likes reading through PhD theses in areas of interest to me. I don't really understand much but some of it sinks in. I finally got around to Brian May's thesis. You can find it here:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/295744.pdf
This dedication was particularly touching:
"My long neglected gratitude to my Dad, Harold May, who strongly supported my
scientific endeavours all through my life, until he passed away too young, and too soon
to see the full impact of his guidance and example to me. He also helped with some of
the diagrams seen here, and his influence, his immaculate attention to symbolic detail
and stylish draughtsmanship, can still be seen in some of the graphics in this thesis. I
hope I will at last do him justice. And to my dear Mum, Ruth, who encouraged me in
all aspects of my life, and gave me perhaps the deepest parts of my humanity."