Tag Archives: interdisciplinary science

Falling Down the Cracks: The Challenge for Interdisciplinary Science

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Athene Donald

Let’s hear it for interdisciplinary science. Everyone says what a good idea it is. The research councils strategic plans tend to laud it. And yet, and yet….Do they mean it? Last week I attended an excellent conference in Oxford. Entitled … Continue reading →

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Seminars that Bomb

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Athene Donald

It’s a strange thing how giving essentially the same talk at different venues/to different audiences can lead to such variable responses. The reasons for this are many and complex, and not always under one’s control; sometimes it is far from … Continue reading →

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A Work in Progress

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Athene Donald

No science discipline now can (or should) be seen as a silo, content to keep its boundaries closed against marauders from elsewhere. This is just as true of physics as any of the other sciences. For me, working at the … Continue reading →

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Writing the Right Stuff

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Physics of Living Matter – More Thoughts on Interdisciplinary Working

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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