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The Interdisciplinary Challenge
This week I am talking at an event in London marking (I believe) the launch of Nature Reviews Physics, but the emphasis of this event will be on the promotion of best working practices in ‘physics and interdisciplinary science’, as … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Research
Tagged crossing boundaries, Nature, starch
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Science: Awareness and Ignorance
This week I gave the Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture at Newnham College – an open, public lecture – using the above title. I wanted to talk about my science in the context of the need for better communication between scientists … Continue reading
Publish and Be Damned
In this age of h indices and impact factors, the choice of where to publish seems to get ever more important and complex. It used to be, as a physicist, the place to publish was PRL – or at least … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Communicating Science, Interdisciplinary Science, Research
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, h index, journals, Nature, publication, starch
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Am I having an Impact?
The scientific community is fairly sensitised to the word ‘impact’ by now, and many of us will have written Pathways to Impact Statements, and read some too. I sit on the REF Physics Pilot panel, so I have seen a … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Communicating Science, Research, Science Funding
Tagged impact, REF, starch
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