The Crowd & the Cosmos

by Christ Lintott

  • Oxford University Press
  • 2020
  • ISBN: 978-0198842224
  • 288 pages
  • WorldCat
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About the Book

Chris Lintott describes the exciting discoveries that people all over the world have made, from galaxies to pulsars, exoplanets to moons, and from penguin behavior to old ship's logs. This approach builds on a long history of so-called "citizen science," given new power by fast internet and distributed data. Discovery is no longer the remit only of scientists in specialist labs or academics in ivory towers. It's something we can all take part in. As Lintott shows, it's a wonderful way to engage with science, yielding new insights daily. You, too, can help explore the Universe in your lunch hour. ebook icon Audio book icon
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About the Author

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 that runs 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 the Royal Society, American Astronomical Society, and Institute of Physics among others. A passionate advocate of the public understanding of science, he is best known as co-presenter of the BBC's long-running Sky at Night program and the author, with Queen guitarist Brian May and Sir Patrick Moore, of two books (Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe (Carlton Books, 2007) and The Cosmic Tourist (Carlton Books, 2012), both available in more than 13 languages.

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