Expertise alone is not enough if physicists are to prove their worth to industry, argues Brian Ridley. He says that they must get to grips with practical issues and improve their business, team-work and communication skills.

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Expertise alone is not enough if physicists are to prove their worth to industry, argues Brian Ridley. He says that they must get to grips with practical issues and improve their business, team-work and communication skills.
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Brian Ridley is a fellow of the Royal Society and a research professor at the University of Essex, UK. He is also author of Time, Space and Things and On Science, e-mail bkr@essex.ac.uk