
Close Encounters of Art and Physics is a voyage in time through the abstract ideas harboured in the minds of humans, starting from the graffiti art of cave dwellers and extending to the street art of contemporary men and women. In seeking parallels with science, the...

Part I Parallels Between Art and Physics.- Rock Paintings: Primordial Graffiti.- A Sense of the Beauty of Forms.- Were the Dark Ages Really Dark?.- Rebirth!.- The Age of Reason: The Enlightenment.- Impressive Impressions.- What You See Is Not What You Get.- Is Reality...