Citizen-scientist: an oxymoron?

Scientist Citizen: An Interview with Bruce Alberts

As the PLoS Genetics editorial board prepared for its first scientific meeting in San Francisco, its leaders proposed that I conduct an interview ‘‘live’’ as a feature of the proceedings, and I knew immediately whom I wanted to snare: Bruce Alberts, our own UCSF (University of California San Francisco) faculty member extraordinaire, who had long been on my radar screen for an interview. Alberts...

Herman Lent, scientist and citizen--II.

Brazil and Science lost a unique figure on July 7, 2004, when Herman Lent died, at 93 years of age. Herman Lent was Emeritus Researcher of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, recipient of the Order of Scientific Merit in the category of Grã-Cruz in 2002, Member ofAcademia Brasileira de Ciências (Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and Lecturer and Researcher level 1A of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento C...

Herman Lent, scientist and citizen--I.

I am greatly honored to write about Dr. Herman Lent, a well-known researcher, professor of entomology, helminthology and above all a “Professor of Life”. A man who spread his knowledge and thoughts throughout his work, attitudes and way of life. His life, both personal and scientific, had two bases: honesty and strength. His expectations were always very high with regard to others but especiall...

Image Reproduction: An Oxymoron

In our daily lives dealing with images, we have the mental notion that we are reproducing an original. This notion is generally helpful in guiding image and colour processing decisions, but often it turns into a hindrance when the words we use lead to artifi cial constraints that we impose onto the problem. This paper describes some scenarios in which a broader defi nition of the word ‘reproduc...

Design Research, an Oxymoron?