Leonardo da Vinci transformed mapping from art to science

Applying maths and measurement, Leonardo created a beautiful and practical map of Imola accurate enough to navigate the Italian city today. Source: Leonardo da Vinci transformed mapping from art to science. By National Geographic History, 28 May 2020. Imola In 1502, the famous Renaissance polymath, pre-dated airplanes and satellites by centuries. Leonardo da Vinci created …

The wave–particle Duality in Arts and Sciences

Light has a dual nature: it sometimes seems particle-like and sometimes wave-like. It turns out that this is also true of electrons and all other particles... It shows the inability of the classical concepts "particle" or "wave" to fully describe the behavior of quantum-scale objects. Einstein wrote: "It seems as though we must use sometimes the one …

Richard Feynman; the scientist and the artist.

"The adventure of our science of physics is a perpetual attempt to recognize that the different aspects of nature are really different aspects of the same thing."  -- Richard Feynman Portrait of Richard Feynman (2010).  © Yves Messer. Who was Richard Feynman? Richard Feynman (1918 –1988), one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of this …

My portrait of Prof. Stephen Hawking

It is not my habit to comment my paintings. They should "speak" for themselves. I will however give here some clues: "Big Ben" represents our "newtonian" (classical) time but if you look closely its time is... wrong! It is affected by the nearby galaxy's black hole (Einstein's "General relativity"). The "Event horizon" here is replacing …

Hawking’s portrait: Time Flies!

13 August 2009 I like this expression "Time Flies" because, it is true! My time for the last year has been so hectic and difficult but who am I to complain? I wished I could have completed the portrait of the author of "A Brief History of Time" sooner but I am afraid it 'll …

My coming portrait of Prof. Stephen Hawking

11 March 2009 I met Prof. Stephen Hawking in Cambridge (UK) on June 4, 2008 after he kindly agreed with my proposal to do his portrait. I had this project in mind since the time I saw one of his painted portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London : I was appalled (so was …

My coming portrait of Stephen Hawking

I met Prof. Stephen Hawking in Cambridge (UK) on June 4, 2008 after he kindly agreed with my proposal to do his portrait. I had this project in mind since the time I saw one of his painted portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London : I was appalled (so was he I learned …