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David Edwards: Artscience
October 30, 2008
David A. Edwards professor, biomedical engineering, Harvard

David A. Edwards, an entrepreneur, novelist, and champion of arts education, talks about the fusion of the dreamlike process of the artist and the analytical process of the scientist into “artscience,” and how it can create surprise results.

This lecture is part of the 2008 IDEAS Boston conference.

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