10:00 to 11:00
Lecture

Occam's razor, or the principle of parsimony, applies poorly to the study of the living world

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo
Thinking differently about life
10:00 to 11:00
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Many phenomena involving living organisms have multifactorial causes. Evolution rarely takes the shortest route.

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    Speaker(s)

    Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo

    Director of Research at the CNRS, Associate Professor at the École Polytechnique, Visiting Professor at the Collège de France

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