墨尔本PTE 阅读排序 2915

A - Only in the past century or two has it become possible to make a living from investigating the workings of nature.   

B - During the scientific revolution of the 17th century, scientists were largely men of private means who pursued their interest in natural philosophy for their own edification.   

C - Today, science is an increasingly specialized and compartmentalized subject, the domain of experts who know more and more about less and less.   

D - Modern science was, in other words, built on the work of amateurs.   

E - Perhaps surprisingly, however, amateurs – even those without private means – are still important.