On this day, February 15, Richard Feynman died in Los Angeles, in 1988. He was of course the Nobel physicist (1965) who was well known for his idiosyncrasies. One of them was that he played the Bongo drum (professionally), and furthermore, from repairing radios to picking locks… to painting and poetry he did it all. So on this day, I will print a poem from one of his lectures, The Value of Science:
Tag: Art & Science
The Religious Artist as Skeptic – And the Scientific Method
There are two types of believers in art, or religion, or even science: the true believer, who is constantly testing his beliefs by
Too Much Science Is Bad For Art? Gabriel Orozco Thinks So
Gabriel Orozco’s installation in the de la Cruz collection, Miami, Florida
Although he keeps up on the latest science, the Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco is careful to keep a distance.
When Einstein Met le Corbusier – What Went Wrong?
What is it about physics that so intimidates? Or is it just Einstein?
Le Corbusier recalled his visit to Princeton in 1946 to meet the Nobel laureate:
Of Chimp & Child – And Aesop’s Fable
How smart is your four-year-old? Not as smart as a chimp, or maybe even Aesop’s rook. Watch these videos in the BBC News report Spitting and Urinating Chimps ‘Replay Aesop’s Fable.