Science, art and geometrical imagination

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Abstract

From the geocentric, closed world model of Antiquity to the wraparound universe models of relativistic cosmology, the parallel history of space representations in science and art illustrates the fundamental rôle of geometric imagination in innovative findings. Through the analysis of works of various artists and scientists like Plato, Dürer, Kepler, Escher, Grisey or the author, it is shown how the process of creation in science and in the arts rests on aesthetical principles such as symmetry, regular polyhedra, laws of harmonic proportion, tessellations, group theory, etc., as well as on beauty, conciseness and an emotional approach of the world.

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Luminet, J.-P. (2009). Science, art and geometrical imagination. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5(S260), 248–273. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921311002377

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