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Clearly, Einstein wasn't a professional researcher at the time; however, he wasn't an outsider either, having gotten his PhD.
by JoachimSchipper 17y ago
Clearly, Einstein wasn't a professional researcher at the time; however, he wasn't an outsider either, having gotten his PhD.
- hga 17y agoIt also bears emphasizing that he was a theoretician, not an experimentalist. He made his name in 1905 explaining phenomena that no one else had been able to (or doing a lot better job of it). To do this you need familiarity with the field and time to think and so on.
- arethuza 17y agoBut he did lots of his major work before he got his PhD.
- scott_s 17y agoBecause getting a PhD requires doing research in your field.