James Wynn's compelling investigation into citizen science highlights public-based studies and probes the rhetoric these studies employ. Many of these endeavors, such as the widely-used SETI@home project, simply draw on the processing power of participants' home computers; others, like the protein-f
Citizen science in the digital age : rhetoric, science, and public engagement
β Scribed by James Wynn
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Category
- Library
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