{"id":180354,"date":"2020-11-11T14:41:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=180354"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:41:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:41:42","slug":"a-bicycle-that-helped-amartya-sen-conduct-his-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/11\/11\/a-bicycle-that-helped-amartya-sen-conduct-his-research\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bicycle That Helped a Nobel Laureate Conduct His Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an economist dedicated to the research of human poverty and the conditions of the most impoverished people of the world, one should carefully consider the appropriateness of their transportation means. Amartya Sen, a Nobel laureate, presents a perfect example of not only how to do it but also how to do it right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you ever find yourself wandering the aisles of the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, make sure to look for an old, ordinary-looking bicycle hanging on one of the museum\u2019s walls. But make no mistake \u2013 this piece is not ordinary at all. In fact, it once drove its owner straight to a destination called the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n

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Amartya Sen's bicycle played a certain role in his research on the differences between baby boys and girls. As his assistant got bit by the children when weighing them, Sen decided to bicycle through the countryside of West Bengal, weighing the children himself.#WorldBicycleDay<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vsH5TxeZvW<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) June 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n