Can scientific data be art?

[Amir]

Have you ever seen a scientific related image and thought "wow, that's
just beautiful!"?

I came across a couple of university internal "art of science"
competitions where scientists present images from their research and
compete based on beauty... why should it be only within universities?

I created a simple gallery at http://www.myartinscience.com/ where
anyone can post, view, share, comment and discuss these images.

Join me and share the beauty in science!

A.S

[JohnF]

Also see the Back Scatter column, usually the last page in
Physics Today, e.g.,
http://scitation.aip.org/vsearch/servlet/VerityServlet?KEY=PHTOAD&smode=results&possible1zone=article&possible1=back+scatter

and submit images at
http://www.physicstoday.org/backscatter.html

As to your question, "Can scientific data be art?",
anything you set aside and ask people to look at is art.
That's a standard definition, though I can't quote
a source offhand. But a standard example illustrating
that idea is Duchamp's famous...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4059997.stm
..where "A urinal has been named the most influential
modern art work of all time."
--
John Forkosh ( mailto: j...@f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )

[patpow...@gmail.com]

Yes. Topology has come up with some never-before-conceived-of
surfaces that have found there way into art. Then there's chaos
theory which has been a fertile source.

Salvador Dali often used scientific themes in his work, specifically
the theory of Special Relativity, the DNA concept, and some topology.