The phrase "a real scientist" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the authenticity or credibility of someone in the scientific field, often in contrast to someone perceived as a pseudo-scientist or lacking proper qualifications.
Example: "While many claim to be experts, only a real scientist can provide the evidence needed to support their theories."
Alternatives: "an actual scientist" or "a genuine scientist."
"And I'm regarded as not a real scientist because I believe in creation, I believe in the flood".
"A real scientist is someone who can think about a subject while talking to his or her spouse about something else".
"Real" scientists are always good, and Chagnon is eager to convince us he is a real scientist, exploding myths and speaking truth to power.
Here is what a real scientist, Dr. Andrew Dessler, says about this claim: "This argument is rhetorically clever but scientific nonsense.
I applaud Susan for her dynamism and her many successes, but I wish she had behaved more like a real scientist.
In the words of Oliver Lodge, a real scientist and showman whom Ms. Barrett writes into "The Ether of Space," it has witnessed the way "a conclave of German politicians could, and did, operate on innumerable families in England and slaughter their most promising members without the direct action of a finger".
It is curious to note that Mr. Bettany, having played the imaginary friend of a great (and real) scientist in "A Beautiful Mind," is now portraying a scientist with an imaginary friend of his own.
You have to deal with distributed computing and make tradeoffs like a real computer scientist.
Roth's character, Cal Lightman, is based on a real behavioral scientist, Paul Ekman, known for studies of how facial movements and body language reveal -- and more often conceal -- emotions.
"I knew Jen Cooper was real scientist just by looking at the way she was writing in her notebook," Zeldin said.
Other tools on the site include a submission form to send questions to real scientists, a glossary, and a "laboratory" with instructions for simple experiments that students can conduct themselves.
