List of scientific occupations
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This is a list of science and science-related occupations, which include various scientific occupations and careers based upon scientific research disciplines and explorers.
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Life science
- Biologist
- Biomedical scientist{{cite book|title=The Biomedical Scientist as Expert Witness |author= Paul D. Ellner|year= 2006|publisher=ASM Press|isbn=1555813453}}
- Botanist
- Clinical pharmaceutical scientist
- Ecologist
- Geneticist
- Herpetologist
- Medical laboratory scientist
- Microbiologist
- Neuroscientist
- Physician
- Veterinarian
- Zoologist
Applied science
- Aeronautical engineer
- [[Biomedical engineering|Biomedical
engineer]]
- Chemical engineer
- Civil engineer
- Computer engineer
- Educational technologistSeels, B. B., & Richey, R. C. (1994). Instructional technology:The definition and domains of the field. Washington, DC:AECT.
- Electrical engineer
- Engineering technician
- Engineering technologist
- Mechanical engineer
- Petrochemical engineer
Formal science
- Computational scientist
- Mathematician{{cite web | url=http://stats.bls.gov/ooh/Math/Mathematicians.htm | title=Mathematicians | publisher=Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics | date=March 29, 2012 | accessdate=April 5, 2012}}{{spaced ndash}} A person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics, a field informally defined as being concerned with numbers, data, collection, quantity, structure, space and calculus.
Statistics
General scientific occupations
- Forensic scientist[https://www.thebalance.com/forensic-scientist-524869 forensic scientist]
- Gentleman scientist{{spaced ndash}} A financially independent scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobbyJ.C. Segen (1992). Dictionary of modern medicine. p.246. {{ISBN|1850703213}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=FbSlyyshjOoC&dq=dictionary+%22gentleman+scientist%22&pg=PA246]
- Government scientist
- Healthcare science
- Hiwi{{spaced ndash}} A German abbreviation for "assistant scientist"
- Inventor
- Psychologist
- Research fellow
- School science technician
- Science attachéRobert L. Loftness, Why Science Attachés?, 80 The Scientific Monthly 124 (1955).{{spaced ndash}} A member of a diplomatic mission (usually an embassy) that focuses on scientific and technical matters
- ScientistIsaac Newton (1687, 1713, 1726). "[4] Rules for the study of natural philosophy", Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Third edition. The General Scholium containing the 4 rules follows Book 3, The System of the World. Reprinted on pages 794-796 of I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman's 1999 translation, University of California Press {{ISBN|0-520-08817-4}}, 974 pages.
Natural science
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- Archaeologist
- Astronaut
- Astronomer
- Biochemist
- Biologist
- Chemist
- Ecologist{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ecologist.aspx | title=Ecologist | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | year=2002 | accessdate=December 10, 2011 | author=Weaver, Nancy}}
- Forester
- Geographer
- Naturalist
- Oceanographer
- Paleontologist
- Pathologist
Physical science
- Chemist
- Physicist{{Cite journal |title=The Physics Job Market: From Bear to Bull in a Decade |journal=Physics Today |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=36 |doi=10.1063/1.1372112 |year=2001 |author=Kirby, Kate |last2=Czujko |first2=Roman |last3=Mulvey |first3=Patrick |bibcode=2001PhT....54d..36K |doi-access= }}
Earth science
Social science
See also
References
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