书目

Art & Physics

内容简介

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

作者简介

LeonardShlainisChairmanofLaparoscopicSurgeryattheCaliforniaPacificMedicalCenterinSanFranciscoandisAssociateProfessorofSurgeryattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco.HeistheauthorofTheAlphabetVersustheGoddess:TheConflictBetweenWordandImageandSex,Time,andPower:HowWomen'sSexualityShapedHumanEvolution.Dr.ShlainlecturesinternationallyandhasbeenfeaturedonTheNewshourwithJimLehrerandNPR.HelivesinMillValley,California.

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