THE OUTSIDERS.

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  • Author(s): Schlesinger, Victoria
  • Source:
    Discover. Dec2008, Vol. 29 Issue 12, p42-46. 4p. 4 Color Photographs.
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    • Abstract:
      This article discusses scientific discoveries by nonspecialists in the field. The work of John Kanzius, a cancer patient who used household equipment to develop an experimental tumor treatment mechanism involving the excitation of gold nanoparticles with the use of radio waves, is presented. Ely Silk, a retired computer programmer who developed a low cost fluorescent microscope is profiled. The work of amateur botanist David Gowen is also described. .