Einstein, Picaasso: Abstract Science and Abstract Art
Arthur I. Miller
Thursday, 13 Oct 2005 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Arthur I. Miller is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College, London, and has lectured and written extensively on the history and philosophy of nineteenth and twentieth century science and technology, cognitive science, scientific creativity, and the relation between art and science. His latest book is Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes. He is the author of numerous other works, including Einstein and Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty that Causes Havoc, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art and Imagery in Scientific Thought: Creating 20th-Century Physics. Part of an interdisciplinary symposium on Breaking Creative Barriers: http://www.iastate.edu/~ceah/art_symp.html.This lecture was made possible in part by the generosity of F. Wendell Miller, who left his entire estate jointly to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Mr. Miller, who died in 1995 at age 97, was born in Altoona, Illinois, grew up in Rockwell City, graduated from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in Des Moines and Chicago before returning to Rockwell City to manage his family's farm holdings and to practice law. His will helped to establish the F. Wendell Miller Trust, the annual earnings on which, in part, helped to support this activity.
Cosponsored By:
- Art and Design
- Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
- College of Design
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- Environmental Science
- HIstory Department
- Inst on Science & Tech
- LAS Miller funds
- Molecular, Cellular and Dev. Biology
- Phi Alpha Theta
- Physics and Astronomy
- Western European Studies Program
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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