Much of the first documented papers were done by people who had access to wealth and free time and wanted to just let other people know what they discovered. h

Much of the first documented papers were done by people who had access to wealth and free time and wanted to just let other people know what they discovered. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/the-mostly-true-origins-of-the-scientific-journal/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/the...