Guardian article about citizen science

• by DZM admin

  I figured that this would be of interest to everyone!

  Citizen science is making scientists of everyone

  Citizen science is getting a lot of attention these days, which might
  make you think it is a new social phenomenon. But in fact, nothing
  could be further from the truth: citizen science has been around much
  longer than any one of us. It was going strong long before Benjamin
  Franklin almost electrocuted himself in 1752 (free PDF) and before
  “gentleman scientist” Charles Darwin first set foot onto the HMS
  Beagle in 1831.

  “Science doesn’t have to be complicated”, says Chris Lintott, a
  professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford...

  Posted March 10, 2015 4:42 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Research was originally done by amateurs which in the orginal meaning is those that do something because they love it.

  Posted March 11, 2015 1:08 AM