The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198842231ISBN-10:198842236UPC:9780198842231Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCVK48HXPX
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Brian Cox This is the story of citizen science. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they receive is overwhelming; projects now being built provide more data in a few nights than in the whole of humanity's history of...
Brian Cox This is the story of citizen science. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they receive is overwhelming; projects now being built provide more data in a few nights than in the whole of humanity's history of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198842231ISBN-10:198842236UPC:9780198842231Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCVK48HXPX
Chris Lintott is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford, where he is also a research fellow at New College. As Principal Investigator of the Zooniverse, he leads a team who run the world's most successful citizen science projects, allowing more than a million people to discover planets, transcribe ancient papyri, or explore the Serengeti. For this work he has received awards from...
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