E. Teller and C. N. Yang

*Yang began as a student of R. Mullikan
*Then became an experimentalist under Allison.
*The result: “If there is a bang, it’s Yang.”
*Teller: Why don’t you come back and try writing up your proof for a thesis.
*A few days later, Yang returned with three sheet of paper.
*Teller: That’s very good, but why don’t you add the proof for the relationship in the case of half-integer angular momentum valuse.
*A few days later, Yang again showed up in Teller’s office with additional four sheets of paper.
*Teller: The custom in Chicago was that theses should be longer than that.
*A few weeks later, Yang got to eleven pages. Teller said okay.
*Yang submitted them and was granted the doctorate.