A Few Words on “What Is Science” at the Start of the Course
“Science What Is” is a general elective offered this semester; you can find the course description on the Keke forum. In brief, this course is jointly chaired by Rao Yi from the School of Life Sciences and Teacher Wu, with a dozen eminent professors from various disciplines invited to give lectures, and then several teaching assistants organizing discussion sections. The lecture lineup for this course is formidable. Headlining the roster are Yang Zhenning and Yao Qizhi, the latter being a winner of the Turing Award (the Nobel Prize of information science), followed by a whole host of well-known professors from Peking University’s various departments. The pull of celebrity is indeed…
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