Overview
A voyage of discovery into the creativity of the human mind, whether expressed in art or in theories of the universe
Authored by a professional artist, well acquainted with many of today's leading physicists
Top physicists contribute their views on the stunning works depicted in the book
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Parallels Between Art and Physics
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Front Matter
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About this book
Close Encounters of Art and Physics is a voyage in time through the abstract ideas harboured in the minds of humans, starting from the graffiti art of cave dwellers and extending to the street art of contemporary men and women. In seeking parallels with science, the author looks far back to the first geometric ideas of our ancestors as well as ahead to the contemporary science of present-day physicists. The parallelism and analogies between these two fields bear witness to a real entanglement in the human brain.
The second part of the book contains about 25 colour images showing the author's stunning glass artwork representing ideas such as dark matter, quantum entanglement, cellular automata and many others that are almost impossible to capture in words. Furthermore, many of the physicists who have themselves made major contributions in these fields provide their comments and analysis of the works.
The book provides entertaining and informative reading, not only for practicing artists and physicists, but also anyone curious about art and physics.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Close Encounters of Art and Physics
Book Subtitle: An Artist's View
Authors: Laura Pesce
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22730-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22729-6Published: 17 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22732-6Published: 17 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22730-2Published: 30 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 138
Number of Illustrations: 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Physics, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Mathematics in Art and Architecture, Creativity and Arts Education