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Interestingly a fair few famous academics from earlier times were quite wealthy. I think they used to be called "men of letters". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by lordnacho 7y ago
Interestingly a fair few famous academics from earlier times were quite wealthy. I think they used to be called "men of letters".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cavendish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cavendish
This guy managed to get a measurement of G (the one from high school physics) in his basement IIRC.
- tehwalrus 7y agoThe independent wealth was what allowed them to do science in the first place, nobody else had time or equipment (at least, that's the normal rationalisation).