Why science needs art : from historical to modern day perspectives / Richard AP Roche, Francesca R. Farina, Seán Commins.
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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| Series: | Cognitive neuroscience.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1 The Incomplete Mind
- Definitions and remit
- Definitions and theories of art
- Definitions and theories of aesthetics
- What this book is about
- Notes
- References
- 2 Art and Science as One
- Introduction
- The artist's scientific method
- Observation
- Theory and experimentation
- Art and science as one
- Notes
- References
- 3 Seeing Further, Seeing Smaller
- Introduction
- Galileo: through a lens, brightly
- Cajal's Butterflies of the Soul
- Caught on canvas: when art accidentally reveals science
- Hidden anatomy: art concealing science?
- Notes
- References
- 4 A Thousand Data Points: Art in scientific visualisation
- Introduction
- Information as art
- Mapping the path of visualisation
- From nature's web to the Tree of Life: von Humboldt and Darwin
- The Nightingale and the roses
- Turing's enigmatic drawings
- Ode to a diagram: Richard Feynman's visual notation
- Somewhere over the brainbow
- Notes
- References
- 5 The People Behind the Data
- Introduction
- A portrait of the mind
- The corners of my mind
- A shrewd awakening
- Notes
- References
- 6 Imaging Art Perception
- Introduction
- Missing links: Koelz and Du Sollst Nicht Töten
- Parallels: Koelz and the visual system
- Disorders of visual perception
- Notes
- Reference
- 7 Visual Art and the Brain
- Introduction
- Art disrupted by brain injury
- Art enhanced or changed by brain injury
- Artistic ability unlocked by brain injury
- Brain-based idiosyncrasies and artists
- Notes
- References
- 8 Neuroaesthetics: The machine in the ghost
- Introduction
- Current strands of neuroaesthetics: beauty and the brain
- Descriptive neuroaesthetics
- Experimental neuroaesthetics.
- Objections to and critiques of neuroaesthetics
- Models and frameworks for neuroaesthetics
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index.