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Hello Everyone ! My name is Mahek and I am taking part in the #GlobalScienceShow
Today I’ll be focusing on “Science through Art”
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This comic shows how bacteria use agar as a food and multiply!
Today I’ll be focusing on “Science through Art”
(A thread)@GlobalSciShow
@AcademicChatter
@OpenAcademics
This comic shows how bacteria use agar as a food and multiply!
Science makes the world easier to live in.The reality is that at the intersection of both,science and art are able to influence and shape each other in incredible and valuable ways.
In this thread I will talking about some of illustrators who have contributed in the science 2/.
In this thread I will talking about some of illustrators who have contributed in the science 2/.
Leonardo da Vinci,was obsessed with observing and understanding phenomena in nature, from the proportions of the human body to how the muscles of the lips moved. his curiosity-driven explorations, and ability to connect art and science, helped him innovate in his work. 3/.
Joyce Allan was an Australian conchologist,museum curator and a scientific illustrator her artwork with the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. In 1943 She became first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 4/.
In 1665 Robert Hooke published his most famous work Micrographia (”Small Drawings”). In it he included his studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes and first used the word cell to name the microscopic honeycomb cavities in cork.5/
Ernst Haeckel, German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel dedicated his life studying far flung flora and fauna, drawing each of their peculiar specificities with an immense scientific detail. He coined scientific terms commonly known today,such as ecology, phylum,and stem cell.6
Maria Sibylla Merian,German naturalist and a contemporary of Isaac Newton, is known as a botanical artist She documented the metamorphosis of the butterfly and other insects in detail. In 1705, she drew a tarantula eating a bird but was ridiculed as fantasy but was true indeed.7
David S. Goodsell is a scientific illustrator that works for the Scripps Institute who specializes in the accurate illustrations of protein and the molecular landscape as it pertains to cell-to-cell interactions.He is also a wonderful author of several books. 8/.
Vera Meyer is a fungal biotechnologist in her professional life, and a painter and sculptor for passion. “Where does the creative drive for innovative experiments come from”, says in her interview , “if not from the power of imagination?” 9/
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these few highlighted here illustrate how art is crucial in helping us understand our scientific legacy and how science is well served by applying an artistic lens. Together, art and science help us interpret, study and explore the world around us.
