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Einstein was a patent clerk at a time when government funding for science was vastly lower than today and there were research and teaching jobs for only a small
by hollerith 5y ago
Einstein was a patent clerk at a time when government funding for science was vastly lower than today and there were research and teaching jobs for only a small fraction of physics PhDs. Also there were much fewer PhDs back then, so with a a PhD from one of the most prestigious schools, that patent clerk was in fact a physics insider.
- lelanthran 5y ago> Also there were much fewer PhDs back then, so with a a PhD from one of the most prestigious schools, that patent clerk was in fact a physics insider. Didn't he get his PhD awarded only after he was recognised for his work?
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- hollerith 5y ago"Recognised for his work" is too vague for me to want to respond to it, but he became a patent clerk before obtaining a PhD, I now know.
- ben_w 5y agoHis “miracle year” of 1905 was, in order, on the topics of the photoelectric affect published in June, Brownian motion (his PhD thesis) published in July, special relativity published in September, and matter-energy equivalence published in November.