ART and science: putting them together risks conjuring up visions of woolly-minded nonsense involving coloured wheels and pulleys, communing with animals or morphing blobs on computer screens. Does it have to be that way? In our “Art meets science” articles we examine the growth of new neural links – or, some might argue, the regrowth of old ones – between these two cultural giants.
The good news is that bringing artists and scientists together doesn’t have to result in vapid nonsense. The bad is that there’s little consensus about how to ensure that the products of these collaborations are greater than the…
