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Category Archives: Science Funding
Lies, Damned Lies – and Rank-ordered Lists
The end of the year is traditionally the time for lists remembering the year just gone: lists of those who died (and, for so-called stars, their marriages and divorces too), events that happened, films that bombed or triumphed, public gaffes … Continue reading
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
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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Eureka! – the Influence of Scientists on the CSR
The Eureka reception – hosted by the Times – was buzzing last night. This reception was to celebrate the 1st birthday of the Eureka Magazine and many of those named on the 100 most influential people in science a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Funding
Tagged Adrian Smith, CSR, David Willetts, Eureka 100 list, Mark Henderson, Science is Vital, Scientific Century, the Times
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An Evening Out
Last night I was at the IOP Awards’ Dinner in London. Following the recent revamp of all the IOP Awards about three years ago, a new subject award – appropriately called the Franklin Medal to celebrate Rosalind Franklin – was … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Research, Science Funding, Women in Science
Tagged Faraday Medal, Franklin Medal, IOP, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Phil Willis, Project Juno, Tom Duke
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