Civic education and citizen science: Definitions, categories, knowledge representation

Analyzing the Role of Citizen Science in Modern Research

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-23

  Ceccaroni, Luigi ^a   Bowser, Anne ^b   Brenton, Peter ^c  

^a 1000001 Labs   (Spain)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

^c Atlas of Living Australia ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 85016619771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0962-2.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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