WVU Campus Read: Hidden Figures

See Hidden Figures-inspired art works shared on Instagram. The image on the left is artist "Chelloanne's" depiction of Taraji Penda Henson as Katherine Johnson, watercolor & acrylic on paper, https://www.instagram.com/p/BO0-SugjF9m/?tagged=hiddenfiguresart

"Is science the new art? With this provocative question, Siân Ede, arts director of the UK branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, draws us into her latest work, Art and Science. In this intelligent and stimulating book, Ede examines the diverse responses of contemporary artists when they are faced with recent scientific and technological advances. She likewise looks at contemporary science, where the search for truth and beauty, and the production of compelling images, seem to suggest an almost artistic endeavour.
Ingeborg Reichle, "The Bigger Picture," review of Art and Science, by Siân Ede, Nature 436, no. 7054 (August 2005): 1090-1.

"This volume [grew] out of a conference...organized at the London
School of Economics and the Courtauld Institute of Art in June 2006...to bring together philosophers of science and historians of art to discuss representation. A topic of central importance to both the arts and the sciences, representation has generated similar conceptual problems in both fields, largely unbeknownst to the other community." Preface.

"The central focus of this publication is the synthesis of science and art in the field of visual perception, in particular how early 19th century perceptual research into illusions, kinetic illusory figures, and illusory movement influenced the apparative / machine, kinetic art of the 20th century and the computer-generated visual art of the 21st century." Publisher description, https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/453743.

"This is a physicist's personal story. It tells how the author's enthusiasms for physics and jazz grew hand in hand and supported each other as he developed understanding and skills for both. Similarity in mathematical structures between music and physics is one theme that runs through the book. A parallel theme is improvisation, learned from jazz and applied to physics research, being ready to make creative contributions, with an ability to play well and to make good choices of what to play." Thomas F. Jordan, "Review," of The Jazz of Physics, in American Journal of Physics 85 (2017). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4972266

"What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What is the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born? Anyone who has ever wondered “could this really happen?” will gain useful insights into the Star Trek universe (and, incidentally, the real world of physics) in this charming and accessible guide." Publisher description, http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465008636

"Space Oddities examines the representation of women in outer space films from 1960 to 2000, with an emphasis on films in which women are either denied or given the role of astronaut. Marie Lathers traces an evolution in this representation from women as aliens and/or "assistant" astronauts, to women as astronaut wives, to women as astronauts themselves." Publisher description, http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/space-oddities-9781441172051/