Ph.D. in Astronomy University of Manchester England; Associate Professor of Physics University of Chicago; Research Associate Gulf Oil Corporation;Principal Scientist Division of Radiophysics Sydney Australia;Professor of Geology University of South Carolina; Professor of Geology University of Wittenberg-Halle; French Academy of Sciences Professor, Nordic Professor of Geology, Denmark; Professor of Geology University of Leipzig; Meractor Professor of Physics, Ruhr University;and so forth. Recipient of several awards, author of 30 books and over 850 scientific articles. I am fluent in German, read and speak French poorly. Have some knowledge of Norwegian ,Greek and Mandarin.Can order a beer in at least 10 languages