By Laurence Roussillon-Constanty, Philippe Murillo
The background of technological know-how presents a number of examples of ways within which mind's eye, faith and mythology have occasionally helped and infrequently hindered medical growth. whereas validated principles and ideology in actual fact held again the discoveries of Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin, the intuitive wisdom present in mythology, paintings and faith has frequently proved beneficial in indicating new ways that to discover or characterize new wisdom of the area. tales, fables and pictures have contributed to drawing a fuller photo of the earlier, figuring out the current and imagining the longer term. The essays during this booklet, written via teachers, writers and artists from quite a few fields starting from los angeles Fontaine's fables to nanotechnology and smooth artwork, all indicate the ways that mind's eye works its means into all of the fields of information. At either ends of the spectrum, the hybrid nature of the chimera emerges as a pivotal image of either man's predation intuition and a strong image of his worry of extinction. This interdisciplinary publication, weaving jointly visible illustration, literature, mysticism, and technology, will entice historians of technology, philosophy, paintings and faith. it's going to even be of curiosity to students in cultural experiences and anthropology. Drawing on contemporary medical examine and creative construction, the quantity will also curiosity a much broader viewers wishing to benefit extra approximately man's obsession and fascination with the powerful symbolism of dinosaurs and dragons and all hybrid kinds generated via the human mind's eye and up to date know-how.
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