Articles in The Citizen Scientist

I was the Editor in Chief of this electronic newsletter of the Society for Amateur Scientists for nearly three years, from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, I was a contributing editor in the old print version, The Amateur Science Bulletin. Earlier this last summer (2006) I rejoined the staff as Managing Editor. TCS is a wonderful publication where you can find some of the very best minds in American Citizen Science talking about an astoundingly wide range of subjects and projects.

This is a link to the current issue of The Citizen Scientist.

This page contains a list of articles and reviews I've contributed to TCS, in no particular order.

Articles

Secrets of Guerrilla Scholarship

When Dumpster Diving Isn't Enough

Meet Your New Research Assistant: Uncle Sam!

A Naturalist's Notebook or, The Most Cost-Effective Science Project You'll Ever Do

Tapping the Treasures of Government Documents.

In Praise of Amateurs by Freeman Dyson

An Improvrished Amateur's Library

Toward a Paideia of Curiosity

Hardcore Field Notes for the Serious Naturalist

Remembering Mount St. Helens

23 January 2004 Editorial: Losing Hubble

Book Reviews

Review: A Guide to Library Research Methods by Thomas Mann

Review: The Research Process by Martin Manner

Review: Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius by Bob Iannini.

Review: Instruments of Amplification by Peter Friedrichs.

Review: The Voice of the Crystal by Peter Friedrichs.

Review: Bebop to the Boolean Boogie. An Unconventional Guide to Electronics by Clive "Max" Maxfield.

Review: Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson.

Review: The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature by Kathy Johnson.

Review: Mathematics From the Birth of Numbers by Jan Gullberg.

Review: Lego Mindstorm Interfacing by Don Wilcher.

Review: The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer by Georges Ifrah.

Review: The Science and Art of Tracking by Tom Brown Jr.

Review: Basic Solid State Electronics

Review: Wagner's Chemical Technology 1872 by Rudolph Wagner.

Review: What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You. clear, savvy insights for mastery by Norman Sperling.

Review: How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs. A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself by Mark Collier and Bill Manley.