The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. Recent important scientific findings have emerged from crossing the boundaries of scientific fields. They stem from physicists collaborating with biologists, sociologists and others, to answer questions about our world. But physicists and their potential collaborators often find their cultures out of sync. For one, physicists often discard a lot of information while extracting broad patterns; for other scientists, information is not readily disposed. Further, many non-physicists are uncomfortable with mathematical models. Still, the desire to work on something new and different is real, and there are clear benefits from the collision of views.
Despite differences in their research styles, physicists’ research collaborations with scholars from other disciplines have yielded important research findings.
The passage says important findings have come from physicists working with biologists, sociologists and others.
It then notes that their research cultures are out of sync: physicists discard information to find broad patterns, and many non-physicists are uncomfortable with mathematical models.
It ends by saying that the desire for something new is real and the collision of views brings clear benefits. So the essence is that, despite differing styles, these collaborations have produced important findings.
The other summaries add claims about large data sets, social scientists only, or differences having been buried, which the passage does not make.
Hence, Despite differences in their research styles, physicists’ research collaborations with scholars from other disciplines have yielded important research findings.
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