Re:Ask HN: Has art positively impacted your scientific profe...
by jamessb on Saturday November 04, 2017 @06:23PM
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There are certianly many technical people who are very appreciative of the arts.
Carl Djerassi was a novelist and playwright as well as a very distinguished chemist [1], Stuart Firestein was a theatre director before beginning his career in science [2], and Pietr Hein [3] is famous for his short poems as well as his mathematical pursuits. There are also a large number of medical doctors who are also authors.
There's also a short science fiction story at the end of each issue of Nature [4].
Carl Djerassi was a novelist and playwright as well as a very distinguished chemist [1], Stuart Firestein was a theatre director before beginning his career in science [2], and Pietr Hein [3] is famous for his short poems as well as his mathematical pursuits. There are also a large number of medical doctors who are also authors.
There's also a short science fiction story at the end of each issue of Nature [4].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Djerassi#Career
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Firestein
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Hein_(scientist)
[4]: http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/arts/futures/index.html