List of scientific occupations

An engineering technician explains instrument readings.

This is a list of science and science-related occupations, which include various scientific occupations, careers based upon scientific research disciplines and explorers.

Applied science

Formal science

Computational scientist
Mathematician^[2] – 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^[3]
Gentleman scientist – A financially independent scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby^[4]
Government scientist
Healthcare science
Hiwi – A German abbreviation for "assistant scientist"
Inventor
Psychologist
Research fellow
School science technician
Science attaché^[5] – A member of a diplomatic mission (usually an embassy) that focuses on scientific and technical matters
Scientist^[6]

Life science

A medical laboratory scientist at the National Institutes of Health preparing DNA samples

Natural science

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II using Manned Maneuvering Unit outside the United States Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984

Physical science

Earth science

Social science

Urban planner

References

↑ Seels, B. B., & Richey, R. C. (1994). Instructional technology:The definition and domains of the field. Washington, DC:AECT.
↑ "Mathematicians". Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. March 29, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
↑ forensic scientist
↑ J.C. Segen (1992). Dictionary of modern medicine. p.246. ISBN 1850703213
↑ Robert L. Loftness, Why Science Attachés?, 80 The Scientific Monthly 124 (1955).
↑ Isaac 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.
↑ Paul D. Ellner (2006). The Biomedical Scientist as Expert Witness. ASM Press. ISBN 1555813453.
↑ Weaver, Nancy (2002). "Ecologist". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
↑ Kirby, Kate; Czujko, Roman; Mulvey, Patrick (2001). "The Physics Job Market: From Bear to Bull in a Decade". Physics Today. 54 (4): 36. Bibcode:2001PhT....54d..36K. doi:10.1063/1.1372112. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16.

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[1] Seels, B. B., & Richey, R. C. (1994). Instructional technology:The definition and domains of the field. Washington, DC:AECT.

[2] "Mathematicians". Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. March 29, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[3] rensic scientist

[4] J.C. Segen (1992). Dictionary of modern medicine. p.246. ISBN 1850703213

[Loftness-5] Robert L. Loftness, Why Science Attachés?, 80 The Scientific Monthly 124 (1955).

[6] Isaac 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.

[7] Paul D. Ellner (2006). The Biomedical Scientist as Expert Witness. ASM Press. ISBN 1555813453.

[8] Weaver, Nancy (2002). "Ecologist". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

[9] Kirby, Kate; Czujko, Roman; Mulvey, Patrick (2001). "The Physics Job Market: From Bear to Bull in a Decade". Physics Today. 54 (4): 36. Bibcode:2001PhT....54d..36K. doi:10.1063/1.1372112. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16.