Partnering for Science: Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on Citizen Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781496183422)

The avocational engagement of interested individuals in scientific observation and research is not new. Amateur ornithologists monitored the timing of bird migration in 18th century Finland; in Victorian England, citizen astronomers participated in the British government's Transit of Venus project to accurately measure the distance from the Earth to the sun (Dickinson and others, 2010). In the United States, the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count (CBC) began in 1900 and has yielded long records of North American bird distribution; USGS volunteers have monitored the CBC "Brooke Circle" in Virginia continuously since 1947.

Author: U. S. Department of the Interior
ISBN-10: 1496183428
ISBN-13: 9781496183422
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2014
Pages: 58
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.12d