Alison Olechowski, Kapil Amarnath, and Amanda Vernon

Scientist

English - May 28, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 127 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
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Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto in Canada. Kapil Amarnath is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. Amanda Vernon is a graduate student in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA. We talk about technology, popular culture, and claiming scientists.

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