Yup, I guess he had a PhD from University of Zurich if I'm not mistaken. Also, he was very well aware of the cutting-edge otherwise he couldn't have "connected

Yup, I guess he had a PhD from University of Zurich if I'm not mistaken. Also, he was very well aware of the cutting-edge otherwise he couldn't have "connected 'some' dots". So he was anything but an amateur, imho.