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Nadia Asparouhova | The independent researcher

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Adarsh Pandit recently introduced me to the concept of the “gentleman scientist”: a researcher who funds their work independently. After digging around a bit, I was fascinated to learn that independent researchers were fairly common in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Nadia Asparouhova | The independent researcher The independent researcher | Nadia Asparouhova Nadia Asparouhova projects newsletter twitter <-- home The independent researcher June 27, 2018 Adarsh Pandit recently introduced me to the concept of the “gentleman scientist”: a researcher who funds their work independently. After digging around a bit, I was fascinated to learn that independent researchers were fairly common in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many researchers were personally wealthy or had access to deep pockets. Charles Darwin pursued scientific collection as a hobby, and his first vo

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