Reunion 2011: The Art and Politics of Science with Harold Varmus

Science is an art that challenges the imagination of individuals attempting to understand the natural world, but it is also a community effort that reaches consensus and acts politically to seek funds, promote exchanges of information and materials and develop complex research programs. Dr. Harold Varmus '61 discussed these aspects of scientific life based on his experience as a cancer researcher, an institutional leader and an "open access" publisher of scientific work.

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Dr. Varmus, a distinguished Nobel Laureate and graduate of Amherst College, is a remarkably effective communicator who weaves his love of literature and history in with a distinctive, broad ranging view of contemporary biomedical science. Thanks to him for preparing an outstanding lecture and to Amherst College for making it available to the public.