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Should we praise the amateur?

Are professionals that much better than amateurs?

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Rajiv Chopra
May 15, 2025
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The age of the amateur scientists

Were Isaac Newton, Aryabhata, Bhaskara I, Bhaskara II, Al-Karaji, or Sharaf al-din al-Tusi professionals or amateurs? I don’t believe Charles Darwin was a professional either.

All the people mentioned in the previous paragraph were outstanding scientists or mathematicians. We should not forget the contributions made by Ch…

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