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Q&A with Julian Huppert, scientist and newly elected MP

MAY 20, 2010
Physics Today
Science : The Member of Parliament for Cambridge, one of the world’s great centers for scientific research, is himself a scientist. Julian Huppert, who studies DNA knotting, was among 57 Liberal Democrat candidates elected on 5 May. He talks about his interest in science and politics in an interview with Science magazine’s John Travis. (Quantum physicist and Science Party candidate Michael Brooks failed in his attempt to win a seat in the same election.)
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