Examples of Small Science Results With High Impact
Many examples from the history of science justify that results of Small Science can have enormous impacts:
- Galois theory, one of the foundational theories of abstract algebra was developed by Évariste Galois within just weeks
- Albert Einstein developed his theory of Special relativity as a hobby while working full-time in a patent office
In fact, most of the research done before World War II can be viewed as Small Science.
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