内容简介
Artinterpretsthevisibleworld.Physicschartsitsunseenworkings.Thetworealmsseemcompletelyopposed.Butconsiderthatbothstrivetorevealtruthsforwhichtherearenowords––withphysicistsusingthelanguageofmathematicsandartistsusingvisualimages.InArt&Physics,LeonardShlaintrackstheirbreakthroughssidebysidethroughouthistorytorevealanastonishingcorrelationofvisions.FromtheclassicalGreeksculptorstoAndyWarholandJasperJohns,andfromAristotletoEinstein,artistshaveforeshadowedthediscoveriesofscientists,suchaswhenMonetandCezanneintuitedthecomingupheavalinphysicsthatEinsteinwouldinitiate.Inthislivelyandcolorfulnarrative,LeonardShlainexploreshowartisticbreakthroughscouldhaveprefiguredthevisionaryinsightsofphysicistsonsomanyoccasionsthroughouthistory.Provicativeandoriginal,Art&Physicsisaseamlessintegrationoftheromanceofartandthedramaofscience––andanexhilaratinghistoryofideas.