The archetypal scientist-artist, Leonardo da Vinci, implored his contemporaries to “study the science of art and the art of science.” Princeton University’s scientists and engineers have taken the Renaissance master’s plea to heart and produced a new set of beautiful, scientifically derived works of art.
Princeton’s 6th annual “Art of Science” exhibition elicited 170 submissions from 24 of the Ivy League schools’ departments. The 44 images chosen for the exhibit (8 of which are shown above) are mostly collaborative works by Princeton undergraduates, faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni. According to the exhibition’s organizers, art and science both “involve the pursuit of those moments of discovery when what is perceived suddenly becomes more than the sum of its parts.”
For many of the exhibitor’s, artistic inspiration struck mid-experiment. Such was the case for bioengineers Jamie Barr and Cliff Brangwynne, who’s piece “Medusa” depicts a pile of nearly microscopic worms (C. ...
