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- catalog abstract "This work, the third collaboration between scholar Stephen Jay Gould and artist Rosamond Wolff Purcell, brings together thought-provoking essays and photographs to disprove the popular notion that art and science exist in an antagonistic relationship. The essays and photographs collected here present art and science in conversation, rather than in opposition. As Gould writes in his preface, although the two disciplines may usually communicate in different dialects, when juxtaposed they strikingly reflect upon and enhance one another. Working together, Purcell's photographs and Gould's scientific musings speak to us about ourselves and our world in a hybrid language richer than either could command on its own. In an essay on individuality, for instance, Gould looks through the lens of evolutionary theory to address the controversial issue of cloning and the often misguided fears it evokes. As a society that exalts the concept of the individual, Gould argues, we sometimes fail to recognize that clones walk among us. Identical twins represent "the greatest of all challenges to our concept of individuality." Rosamond Purcell's photograph depicting the famous Siamese conjoined twins Eng and Chang conveys an eerie feeling that cannot be captured in words.".
- catalog contributor b11940598.
- catalog contributor b11940599.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "This work, the third collaboration between scholar Stephen Jay Gould and artist Rosamond Wolff Purcell, brings together thought-provoking essays and photographs to disprove the popular notion that art and science exist in an antagonistic relationship. The essays and photographs collected here present art and science in conversation, rather than in opposition. As Gould writes in his preface, although the two disciplines may usually communicate in different dialects, when juxtaposed they strikingly reflect upon and enhance one another. Working together, Purcell's photographs and Gould's scientific musings speak to us about ourselves and our world in a hybrid language richer than either could command on its own. In an essay on individuality, for instance, Gould looks through the lens of evolutionary theory to address the controversial issue of cloning and the often misguided fears it evokes. As a society that exalts the concept of the individual, Gould argues, we sometimes fail to recognize that clones walk among us. Identical twins represent "the greatest of all challenges to our concept of individuality." Rosamond Purcell's photograph depicting the famous Siamese conjoined twins Eng and Chang conveys an eerie feeling that cannot be captured in words.".
- catalog extent "159 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Crossing over.".
- catalog identifier "060980586X (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Crossing over.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Three Rivers Press,".
- catalog relation "Crossing over.".
- catalog subject "500 21".
- catalog subject "Art and science.".
- catalog subject "Art.".
- catalog subject "Q 171 G698c 2000".
- catalog subject "Q171 .G685 2000".
- catalog subject "Science.".
- catalog title "Crossing over : where art and science meet / Stephen Jay Gould and Rosamond Wolff Purcell.".
- catalog type "text".