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Ordinary people changing the face of discovery

Researcher Caren Cooper speaks about ordinary people changing the face of discovery.

05/13/2017

SciTech Now

Ordinary people changing the face of discovery

Clip: Season 3 Episode 330 | 6m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

Researcher Caren Cooper speaks about ordinary people changing the face of discovery.

Science has been relying on the work of citizen scientist’s ordinary citizens who’ve aided with science research for centuries. Researcher Caren Cooper highlights the work of citizen scientists in her new book “Citizen Science, How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery”. She joins Hari Sreenivasan via Google Hangout.

05/13/2017

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