The doctoral candidate didn't "dedicate their life" to the topic, merely wrote a thesis on it. So, just an intense part of their life. Perhaps they'll remain f

The doctoral candidate didn't "dedicate their life" to the topic, merely wrote a thesis on it. So, just an intense part of their life. Perhaps they'll remain focused on bells, perhaps not. Probably all PhD theses are 'hyper-specialized', unless they're surveys by an author who won't be continuing as an academic researcher. It's not surprising that people would want to understand these complex inharmonic sounds we've been making for centuries.