An siyentista o siyentipiko (Ingles: scientist) iyo an tawo na minahimo nin mga siyentipikong pag-aadal para pauswagon an kaaraman sa sarong lado nin interes.[1][2]
Sa klasikal na panahon, mayo nin totoong suanoy na analogo nin sarong modernong siyentista. Imbes, mga pilosopo an nag-enganyo sa pilosopikal na pag-aadal nin kapalibotan na inaapod na pilosopiyang natural, sarong prekursor kan siyensyang natural.[3] Dae hasta ika-19 na siglo kan an terminong siyentista iyo uminabot sa regular na paggamit pagkatapos na ini mamokna kan mga teyolohiko, pilosopo, sagkod historyador kan siyensya na si William Whewell kaidtong 1833.[4][5]
Sa modernong panahon, an nagkapirang mga siyentista iyo may mga halangkaw na degri[6] sa sarong lado nin siyensya sagkod nagpupursigi nin karera sa manlainlain na sektor kan ekonomiya arug kan akademya, industriya, gobyerno, sagkod dae pangkomersyong kapalibotan.[7][8][9]
↑"Eusocial climbers"(PDF). E.O. Wilson Foundation. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2018. But he’s not a scientist, he’s never done scientific research. My definition of a scientist is that you can complete the following sentence: ‘he or she has shown that...’,” Wilson says.
↑"Our definition of a scientist". Science Council. Retrieved 7 September 2018. A scientist is someone who systematically gathers and uses research and evidence, making a hypothesis and testing it, to gain and share understanding and knowledge.
↑Lehoux, Daryn (2011). "2. Natural Knowledge in the Classical World". In Shank, Michael; Numbers, Ronald; Harrison, Peter. Wrestling with Nature : From Omens to Science. Chicago: University of Chicago , U.S.A. Press. p. 39. ISBN978-0226317830.
↑Cahan, David, ed. (2003). From Natural Philosophy to the Sciences: Writing the History of Nineteenth-Century Science. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN0-226-08928-2.
↑Lightman, Bernard (2011). "Science and the Public". In Shank, Michael; Numbers, Ronald; Harrison, Peter. Wrestling with Nature : From Omens to Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 367. ISBN978-0226317830.