{"product_id":"deep-affinities-art-and-science-0789213788","title":"Deep Affinities: Art and Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0789213788\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Palmedo, Philip F.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated exploration of the fundamental connections between art and science, from an author who has lived in both worlds In this thought-provoking book, Philip F. Palmedo, a former physicist who now writes on art, reveals how the two defining enterprises of humankind-art and science-are rooted in certain common instincts, which we might call aesthetic: an appreciation of symmetry, balance, and rhythm; the drive to simplify and abstract natural forms, and to represent them symbolically.Palmedo traces these instincts back to a very early time in human history-demonstrating, for example, the level of abstract thinking required to create the stone tools and cave paintings of the Paleolithic-and then forward, to the builders of the Gothic cathedrals, to Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton, to Einstein and Picasso.Illustrated with more than 125 creations of the genus Homo-from a flint hand ax chipped half a million years ago to the abstractions of Hilma af Klint and the James Webb Space Telescope-Palmedo?s text leaves us with a new appreciation of the instinct for beauty shared by artists and scientists alike.125 illustrations, most in full color\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52227350855968,"sku":"NEW0789213788","price":37.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71e3sHFoxdL.jpg?v=1787336375","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/deep-affinities-art-and-science-0789213788","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}