“Big science” and interdisciplinary science

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2005 English Publisher:American Physiological SocietyJournal:Advances in Physiology Education, volume 29, pages 55-55 (issn: 1043-4046, eissn: 1522-1229,

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Authors: Joel Michael;

doi: 10.1152/advan.00007.2005

“Big science” and interdisciplinary science

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The paper by Humphrey et al. (this volume) describes an innovative graduate program that seeks to foster interdisciplinary thinking and research in biomedical sciences and engineering. In reflecting on the manuscript, two observations about wider issues suggested themselves. First, the authors cite

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