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Art and science

Art and science

How science can learn from the arts

02 May 2019 James Dacey

We’re often taught to think that science and the arts are opposites. After all, isn’t science all about dispassionate truths while art appeals to our emotions? But is there really such a stark dichotomy between art and science? In the May 2019 issue of Physics World, physics professor Lincoln Carr explains how he’s helping science students use the ambiguity essential to the humanities to become better researchers.

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