An observer is one who engages in
observation
Observation in the natural sciences is an act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source. In living beings, observation employs the senses. In science, observation can also involve the percep ...
or in watching an experiment.
Observer may also refer to:
Fiction
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''Observer'' (novel), a 2023 science fiction novel by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress
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''Observer'' (video game), a cyberpunk horror video game
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Observer (''Mystery Science Theater 3000''), a fictional television character
* Observers,
beings in the television show ''Fringe''
Music
* "Observer", a song by Gary Numan on his album ''
The Pleasure Principle''
* "The Observer", a track from The Flaming Lips' 1999 album ''
The Soft Bulletin''
* The Observers, an alternative name for reggae session band
Soul Syndicate
Publications
* ''
The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.
In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...
'', a UK Sunday newspaper & magazine
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''The Observer'' (disambiguation), multiple publications including newspapers, magazines & fiction
* ''The APS Observer'', a member magazine of the
Association for Psychological Science
The Association for Psychological Science (APS), previously the American Psychological Society, is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in r ...
(APS)
Science and technology
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Observer (general relativity)
General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern phys ...
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Observer (quantum physics)
Some interpretations of quantum mechanics posit a central role for an observer of a quantum phenomenon. The quantum mechanical observer is tied to the issue of Observer effect (physics)#Quantum mechanics, observer effect, where a measurement necess ...
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Observer (special relativity)
In special relativity, an observer is a frame of reference from which a set of objects or events are being measured. Usually this is an inertial reference frame or "inertial observer". Less often an observer may be an arbitrary non-inertial refe ...
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Observer (meteorological)
A meteorological observer, or weather observer, is a person authorized by a weather authority to make or record meteorological observations. They are technicians who are responsible for the accurate observation, rapid measurement, timely collecti ...
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Observer pattern
In software design and software engineering, the observer pattern is a software design pattern in which an object, called the ''subject'' (also known as ''event source'' or ''event stream''), maintains a list of its dependents, called observers (a ...
, a design pattern used in computer programming
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State observer
In control theory, a state observer, state estimator, or Luenberger observer is a system that provides an estimate of the state space (controls), internal state of a given real system, from measurements of the Input/output, input and output of th ...
in control theory, a system that models a real system in order to provide an estimate of its internal state
Other uses
* The Observer type in the
Enneagram of Personality
The Enneagram of Personality, or simply the Enneagram, is a pseudoscientific model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types.
The origins and history of ideas assoc ...
model
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Donald Alaster Macdonald
Donald Alaster Macdonald (6 June 1859 – 23 November 1932) was an Australian journalist and nature writer, writing under the pen names including 'Observer' and 'Gnuyang' (gossip).Hugh Anderson,Macdonald, Donald Alaster (1859–1932), ''Austral ...
(1859–1932), Australian journalist who wrote under the pseudonym 'Observer'
See also
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Observer effect (disambiguation) Observer effect, observer bias, observation effect, or observation bias may refer to a number of concepts, some of them closely related:
General experimental biases
* Hawthorne effect, a form of reactivity in which subjects modify an aspect of th ...
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National Observer (disambiguation), a variety of publications
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The Observer (disambiguation)
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United Nations Military Observer
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