File:The Science Gap Jorge Cham at TEDxUCLA

Description
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 the video channel PHD-TV. Born and raised in the Republic of Panama, he obtained his Ph.D. in Robotics from Stanford University and was an Instructor and Research Associate at Caltech before becoming a full-time cartoonist.

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