A scientist’s work is never done. They build on the work of others, and leave their own work for others to build on. Scientific progress is a bit like a tree with deepening roots and growing branches – which sometimes take a long time to bear fruit. Consider “bootstrap” research, a means of gathering knowledge about complex physical systems. Its seed was sown in 1920, but it has taken generations of scientists and mathematicians to
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