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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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Formal science edit
- Computational scientist
- Mathematician[3] – A person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics, a field informally defined as being concerned with numbers, data, collection, quantity, structure, space and calculus.
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General scientific occupations edit
- Forensic scientist[4]
- Gentleman scientist – A financially independent scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby[5]
- Government scientist
- Healthcare science
- Hiwi – A German abbreviation for "assistant scientist"
- Inventor
- Psychologist
- Research fellow
- School science technician
- Science attaché[6] – A member of a diplomatic mission (usually an embassy) that focuses on scientific and technical matters
- Scientist[7]
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References edit
- ^ Paul D. Ellner (2006). The Biomedical Scientist as Expert Witness. ASM Press. ISBN 1555813453.
- ^ 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 [1]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.