Modern adult amateurs are distinguished from dabblers and novices by their greater seriousness and competence In a field of art, science, sport, or entertain-ment In the main, they are defined and define themselves by reference to their professional counterparts who treat the same endeavor as a vocation Both categories, along with a public, are connected through a complex set of structural links referred to here as the professional-amateur-public (P-A-P) system of functionally mterdependent relationships Previous research and theory has identified seven of these relationships This study examines these from the point of view of amateurs and professionals m astronomy All but one of the relation-ships were found to exist among these two types ...
Pro-Ams (professional amateurs) are groups of people who work on a problem as amateurs or unpaid per...
Pro-am collaborations in astronomy considerably increase since the beginning of the XXIst century, i...
The boundary between professional and amateur astronomers gets narrower and narrower. We present sev...
Astronomy, through both the allure of the sky and popular culture, enjoys significant penetration in...
Confronted by (modern) advances, amateur astronomers - the driving force behind the study of the hea...
In this examination of amateur astronomy in New Zealand, I suggest that astronomical science can be ...
For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and ...
This thesis is primarily an empirical investigation into the current role of the amateur scientist i...
Amateur astronomers regularly serve as informal astronomy educators for their communities. This rese...
Amateur astronomers play a critical role engaging the general public in astronomy. The role of indiv...
The nature of expertise in astronomy was investigated across a broad spectrum of ages and experience...
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) conducted a national survey of in-service teachers par...
Astronomy is by nature an interdisciplinary activity: it involves mathematics, physics, chemistry an...
The nature of expertise in astronomy was investigated across a broad spectrum of ages and experience...
During the twentieth century, American amateur astronomers attempted to form national organizations ...
Pro-Ams (professional amateurs) are groups of people who work on a problem as amateurs or unpaid per...
Pro-am collaborations in astronomy considerably increase since the beginning of the XXIst century, i...
The boundary between professional and amateur astronomers gets narrower and narrower. We present sev...
Astronomy, through both the allure of the sky and popular culture, enjoys significant penetration in...
Confronted by (modern) advances, amateur astronomers - the driving force behind the study of the hea...
In this examination of amateur astronomy in New Zealand, I suggest that astronomical science can be ...
For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and ...
This thesis is primarily an empirical investigation into the current role of the amateur scientist i...
Amateur astronomers regularly serve as informal astronomy educators for their communities. This rese...
Amateur astronomers play a critical role engaging the general public in astronomy. The role of indiv...
The nature of expertise in astronomy was investigated across a broad spectrum of ages and experience...
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) conducted a national survey of in-service teachers par...
Astronomy is by nature an interdisciplinary activity: it involves mathematics, physics, chemistry an...
The nature of expertise in astronomy was investigated across a broad spectrum of ages and experience...
During the twentieth century, American amateur astronomers attempted to form national organizations ...
Pro-Ams (professional amateurs) are groups of people who work on a problem as amateurs or unpaid per...
Pro-am collaborations in astronomy considerably increase since the beginning of the XXIst century, i...
The boundary between professional and amateur astronomers gets narrower and narrower. We present sev...