The Science Gap: Jorge Cham at TEDxUCLA
What is The Science Gap? Jorge will explore the public perception of scientists and academics. Jorge Cham is the creator of the online comic strip "Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD)" as well as...
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Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Ariana Bleau Lugo I'm a cartoonist as Scott mentioned. And to me cartooning is about taking a blank page and filling it with your ideas. The idea that I want to draw out for you guys here today is this idea of The Science Gap. Now I'm a cartoonist, but in addition to that, I also have a PhD in robotics. Now you might be wondering what does cartooning and robotics have in common? What do they have to do with each other? Well, I can tell you that my parents are also very concerned about that. (Laughter) But because of this kind of unique combination of academia and the arts, I kind of find myself, a lot of the time, travelling all over the world talking to scientists and researchers about what they do and how th...
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Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Ariana Bleau Lugo I'm a cartoonist as Scott mentioned. And to me cartooning is about taking a blank page and filling it with your ideas. The idea that I want to draw out for you guys here today is this idea of The Science Gap. Now I'm a cartoonist, but in addition to that, I also have a PhD in robotics. Now you might be wondering what does cartooning and robotics have in common? What do they have to do with each other? Well, I can tell you that my parents are also very concerned about that. (Laughter) But because of this kind of unique combination of academia and the arts, I kind of find myself, a lot of the time, travelling all over the world talking to scientists and researchers about what they do and how th...
