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Category Archives: Interdisciplinary Science
Physicists, Algae and Sustainability
A couple of weeks ago my university was able to announce a large new initiative, £20M to set up The Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability, funded by David Harding, the founder, chairman and head of research of Winton … Continue reading
Educational Breadth
I am now off to Paris for a 2 day meeting of the ESPCI International Advisory Committee. ESPCI Paris Tech (the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, one of a group of institutions … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Education, Interdisciplinary Science, Teaching
Tagged Browne, ESPCI, natural sciences, professional training
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Too Much Interdisciplinarity? From Cliometricians to Mathematical Biologists
I have recently been reading two apparently vastly different books: In Defence of History by Richard J Evans, a Cambridge colleague, and Making Sense of Life by Evelyn Fox Keller. Despite their widely different topics and approaches, reading them in … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Interdisciplinary Science, Science Culture, Science Funding
Tagged Evelyn Fox Keller, In Defence of History, Making Sense of Life, physics of biology, Richard J Evans
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Writing the Right Stuff
Almost everything I have written over the last 30 odd years has been in the standard format of so-called ‘scholarly articles’ and grant applications. There is a certain style to this, rather formal and usually retaining the passive voice – … Continue reading
Physics of Living Matter – More Thoughts on Interdisciplinary Working
Over the next couple of days I’ll be at the annual Physics of Living Matter conference. This is the 5th annual conference in Cambridge, and they have become a very firm fixture in many of our calendars. They serve to … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Interdisciplinary Science, Research
Tagged collaboration, interdisciplinary science, research, Sean Eddy, systems biology
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