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Posted on: November 18, 2008 11:04 AM, by David Ng
Recently, we had an opportunity to host a variety of great talks for science teachers. One of the talks was by Dr. Hadi Dowlatabadi, with an entertaining take on the value of integrating disciplines, or rather simply getting away from being so discipline focused. Anyway, here is the link that will lead you to a 25 minute talk he gave (apologies for the buzzy sound feed).
It's a great talk, with some choice quotes, in particular a reference to a certain Nobel Laureate as a grandstanding asshole.
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