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About Leif
The son of a Detroit school teacher and auto engineer with patents, Leif Peterson started attending high school summer school courses on engine mechanics in the 7th grade, and then rebuilt his mother’s car engine in the 8th grade. He was a fighter pilot, has a masters degree in radiological (x-ray) physics, doctoral degree on Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors, and has been a professor for more than 25 years. He published 2 scientific books and more than 100-peer reviewed scientific papers. He was a grease-monkey growing up and is an auto-enthusiast who maintains his own ‘68 Porsche. He is currently a lecturer in statistics at Rice University.
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