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A lot of that world changing knowledge is a result of academia’s partnerships with industry. Consider the early radio lab at Stanford. Academia as we know it i
by solidsnack9000 8y ago
A lot of that world changing knowledge is a result of academia’s partnerships with industry. Consider the early radio lab at Stanford.
Academia as we know it is fairly recent. Many of the fundamental results in the sciences were discovered by people who weren’t academics but had a chill day job. For example, Newton.
- chriskanan 8y agoNewton's biggest discoveries were back at his home while his University was closed due to the plague. I wouldn't say that thinking at the family estate to wait out the plague is a chill day job. In that era, many scientists were wealthy aristocrats, e.g. Antoine Lavoisier.
- selimthegrim 8y agoNewton was also almost turfed out because he wouldn’t take a Trinitarian Oath