Things I Should Have Been Taught About Science

For the Doctoral Candidates at the Keck School of Medicine, Class of 2010, Eric Schulze was asked by his colleagues to give the student commencement address. The theme of his talk was, "Things I Should Have Been Taught About Science."

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