Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain
Art interprets the visible world, physics charts its unseen workings--making the two realms seem completely opposed. But in Art & Physics, Leonard Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions.
From classical Greek sculptors to Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and from Aristotle to Einstein, artists have foreshadowed the discoveries of scientists, such as when Monet and Cezanne intuited the coming upheaval in physics that Einstein would initiate. In this lively and colorful narrative, Leonard Shlain explores how artistic breakthroughs could have prefigured the visionary insights of physicists on so many occasions throughout history.Provocative and original, Art & Physics is a seamless integration of the romance of art and the drama of science, an exhilarating history of ideas, and an enlightened way to introduce physics to liberal arts students.Leonard Shlain was a surgeon, inventor, and successful author. Shlain is a bestselling author who has been praised by artists, scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and educators for his three books: Art & Physics, Alphabet vs. Sex, Time, and Power: The Goddess He gave remarkable visual presentations based on his books at Harvard, the New York Museum of Modern Art, CERN, Los Alamos, the Florence Academy of Art, and the European Council of Ministers, among other places. Al Gore, Norman Lear, and singer Bjork are among his admirers.
Shlain died of brain cancer in May 2009, at the age of 71, shortly after finishing this work. His legacy lives on through his children, Kimberly Brooks, an artist and founding editor of the Huffington Post's Arts and Science Section, Jordan Shlain, a doctor and creator of Healthloop.com, and Tiffany Shlain, a filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards, and director of the Sundance documentary, Connected, about the concepts in Leonardo's Brain, as well as Leonar Shlain, a filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards, and Tiffany Shla Visit www.leonardshlain.com for more information.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780688123055 |
| ISBN 10 | 0688123058 |
| Title | Art and Physics |
| Author | Leonard Shlain |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 1993-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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