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The Amateur Scientist — Wikipedia (en)

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Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_Scientist. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

"The Amateur Scientist" was a column in the Scientific American, and was the definitive "how-to" resource for citizen-scientists for over 72 years (1928–2001), making it the longest running column in Scientific American's history. The column was regarded for revealing the brass-tacks secrets of research and showing home-based experimenters how to make original discoveries using only inexpensive materials. Since its début in 1928, "The Amateur Scientist" was a primary resource for science fair projects. It also inspired amateur experimenters, launched careers in science, and enjoyed a place of honor in classrooms and school libraries all over the world. Although always accessible to an amateur's budget, projects from "The Amateur Scientist" were often elegant and sophisticated. Some designs were so innovative that they set new standards in a field. Indeed, professionals continue to borrow from "The Amateur Scientist" to find low-cost solutions to real-world research problems.

Tema degli esploratori: ricerca e scienza aperta (deposito sistematico; categoria «Citizen science»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «The Amateur Scientist» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_Scientist
Wikidata Q3985636 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3985636
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_Scientist?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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