This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, suc

True stories of everyday volunteers participating in scientific research that “may well prompt readers to join the growing community” (Booklist). Think you

Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2016: “Intelligent and impassioned, Citizen Scientist is essential reading for anyone interested in the natural world.�

Citizen science, the active participation of the public in scientific research projects, is a rapidly expanding field in open science and open innovation. It pr