The general agreement is that Einstein was not a good teacher. He was the first to admit this, just as Asimov was the first to admit he was both the worst researcher and the best teacher at BU. AFAIK no-one was awarded a degree for work done under Einstein’s supervision. He did have many collaborators, though, even though he did a lot of his important work more or less alone.

Wonder what he was like as a teacher?

From Wikipedia;
“Professors are qualified experts who may do the following:

manage the teaching, research and publications in the department they head (in countries where a professor is head of a department),
conduct lectures and seminars in their field of study (i.e., they “profess”), such as the basic fields of mathematics, science, humanities, social sciences, education, literature, music or the applied fields of engineering, design, medicine, law, or business;
perform advanced research in their fields.
provide pro bono community service, including consulting functions (such as advising government and nonprofit organizations);
teach campus-based or online courses with the help of instructional technology;
train young or new academics (graduate students);
carry out administrative or managerial functions, usually at a high level (e.g. deans, heads of department, librarians, etc.).
The balance of these six fields of professorial tasks depends heavily on the institution, place (country), and time. For example, professors at highly research-oriented universities in the U.S., and Canada, and, as a general rule, in European universities, are promoted primarily on the basis of their research achievements as well as their success in raising money from sources outside the university.”

The key word here is “may” do such and such.

It just depends where they’re working. Einstein was a professor (with a BS degree) but I don’t recall that he taught much. Maybe a seminar or two.

Gary 7

Since it appears that he would be good at teaching, isn’t it a shame that he gets the title without the obligation? Not to mention that real professors probably think it is rather unjust.

Correct me if I am wrong, of course.

Getting back to Carl Sagan, even after he was famous, he still taught, he still taught undergraduates and he was editor of Icarus.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate-scientists-20101108,0,545056.story

Since Phil is out and about in the media as much as he is, I would think he would see the sense of this immediately…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Ape_(book)

and according to this catchy Youtube clip :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xw0Ob5bqs

“.. it turns out we’re all in a herd like skinny lil’ cows who use tools and words!”
(1 minute, 50 sec mark.)

Personally, I’ve never seen why some folks have any issue with people being related to other animals.

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“We all spring from monkeys, some of us just didn’t spring far enough!”
- unknown source (?), joke insult.

@6. Another Eric :

Wow, look at the muscle on the chimp, he’s definitely been to the gym!!

The jungle gym?

I know I did!

On the other hand, I can swim.

Gary 7

J/P=?

You have to admit, if you took Brian’s helmet off, the resemblance is striking.

OH, I’m sorry, that wasn’t very nice; to the chimp.

Ok, ok, I’ll stop. Brian if you’re reading this, you rock, I’m really sorry for taking such easy shots at you. I’ve shared your TED talks with tons of people, and had I known you were a vegetarian, I would have mailed you some grass clippings from my lawn.

Is he mooning us? I’m fairly certain he’s mooning us.

Leaving now. :p