I’m now on Patreon!

I’m now on Patreon!

I have excit­ing news! I am now on Patre­on at www.Patreon.com/MathScienceHistory. I have decid­ed to start a com­mu­ni­ty over at Patre­on for like­mind­ed peo­ple who also enjoy the his­to­ry of math and sci­ence. Depend­ing on the tier you choose you will get all kinds of added ben­e­fits for your patron­age. In addi­tion to my infi­nite grat­i­tude, depend­ing on the tier,

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The History and Future of Autodidacts and Citizen Scientists

The History and Future of Autodidacts and Citizen Scientists

Some of us go through life with gnaw­ing thoughts of “I always want­ed to be a _________.” If the word “sci­en­tist” ends this sen­tence for you, but you feel that your goal is out of reach, think again. You can still become a sci­en­tist, even with­out a Ph.D. and even with­out a col­lege edu­ca­tion. Many indi­vid­u­als, called auto­di­dacts, are active

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