The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse
Author: Chris Lintott
ISBN: 9780198842231
Description
- A fascinating, personal account of the hugely popular web-based Zooniverse project, which enables hundreds of thousands of ordinary people to take part in cutting-edge science
- Written by its creator, astronomer and TV presenter Professor Chris Lintott
- Describes the intriguing questions in astronomy that the participating enthusiasts are helping to answer, and the discoveries they are making
- Highlights what humans can bring to interpreting big data that smart machines can't
The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse