Adopting an open minded approach to interdisciplinary science

By Joel Loveridge2017-10-17T12:02:00

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Students reject topics they see as outside their own discipline, but researchers and educators are guilty of it too

For Joel Loveridge, the science community reinforces divisions between the sciences which are artificial. In an era where so much research is inter-disciplinary, these divisons can also be restrictive.

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