His specialty was actually refining and confirming other people's results, and this might sound like a bit of an also-ran, but in fact, this is the soul of science, because there is no such thing as a fact that cannot be independently corroborated.
Specialitatea lui era rafinarea şi confirmarea rezultatelor altora, ceea ce ar putea părea puţin important, dar, de fapt, este sufletul ştiinţei, deoarece nu există dovezi care să nu poată fi verificate independent.