{"product_id":"visualizations-the-nature-book-of-art-and-science","title":"Visualizations: The Nature Book of Art and Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Kemps provocative essays on the interplay between art and science have been entertaining readers of Nature  the worlds leading journal for the announcement of scientific discoveries  since 1997. These short  illustrated  highly regarded essays generally focus on one visual image from art or science and provide an evocative and erudite investigation into shared motifs in the two disciplines. Gathered together here with a delightfully rich introduction by the author  the essays take our understanding to an exciting new level as they transgress the traditional boundaries between art and science.  The images under consideration cover Western art from the Renaissance to the present day  and the science ranges from abstract mathematics to the illustrative modes of natural history and medicine. Kemp skillfully discusses the Mona Lisa as well as horror films  Galileos moon drawings and diagrams in modern physics  Renaissance pottery and logos on trucks  the invention of perspective  and contemporary masterpieces.  Rather than charting the mutual influence of art and science upon each other  these essays look to the deeper structures that find expression in art and science; they reveal the \"structural intuitions\" shared by artists and scientists when confronting the world. This volume contains all the pieces published in Nature under the banners of \"Art and Science\" and \"Science and Image \" together with some from Kemps recent \"Science and Culture\" series. The essays are presented thematically rather than chronologically  arranged to stimulate critical ideas about the nature of the image at the intersection of art and science  now and in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964774117429,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520223527","price":28.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520223523.jpg?v=1770479340","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/visualizations-the-nature-book-of-art-and-science","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}