A successful example of the combination of art and science

1. Climate Science

Marco Tedekos, an associate professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at City University of new york, noticed the beauty of climate science, such as flooding, cloud structure and melting ice.

in order to make climate science more attractive, he and his colleague * * * jointly set up a research project called "Polarseeds" to present the diversified art of climate science through video, music and video.

2. Plant illustrations

Hundreds of years ago, plant illustrations were an effective way for people to record plants with healing properties. Detailed illustrations of herbs and other plants enabled botanists and doctors to identify plant species with medicinal value.

It is reported that the oldest well-preserved plant illustration so far is "Codex Vindebonensis", which dates back to 512 AD.

3. Animal Specimen Art

Japanese artist Iori Tomita especially appreciates the "art of death". He combines chemicals with art to present the wonderful skeleton structure of marine life.

He made a large number of specimens of marine life, including fish, turtles, seahorses, etc., by applying chemicals to the corpses and then drying them.

Chemical agents can decompose the protein and muscles of cadavers, leaving only collagen, thus completely preserving the biological skeleton structure.

4. Earth Art

NASA's Earth Resources Satellite has taken a large number of photos of the earth, which provides important data for the land use and natural resources utilization of the earth. The satellite has photographed mountains, canyons, islands, forests and grasslands.

5. Microscopic Art

Martin Augeri, a scientific photographer, took microscopic photos of pollen, bacteria, insects and fungi with a magnification of more than 5, times.

His photographs are often published on National Geographic Channel. He said, "I hope more people can know about the smallest organisms in the world. They have perfect body structures and deserve our attention."

6. Fibonacci Art

Math lovers all know that Fibonacci number sequence is an important number sequence. The first group of 9-digit sequences are: , 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.

Fibonacci series has direct applications in modern physics, quasicrystal structure, chemistry and other fields.

To scientists' surprise, Fibonacci sequence structures also exist in nature, such as sunflowers, galaxies, honeycomb structures and hurricanes.

7. Biological luminous art

Biological luminous art works use natural luminous bacteria to form intricate pattern structures, which can only be seen in dim light.

As shown in the figure, these colored bioluminescent bacteria exist in the marine environment. The researchers put these bioluminescent bacteria in a Petri dish and glow in dim light.