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Oftentimes when we think about science, we think about abstract notation, formulas that are hard to read or understand. Another thought may come to mind is the rigidity of science the rule based notion of solving the problem correctly or not, producing the right answer. Although a part of it is true to some extent, the answers need to be accurate and precise in order to describe reality, another part is missing due to a superficial nature of understanding of science. As Albert Einstein once said “the greatest scientist are artists as well.” Although this may come as a surprise to people who have never studied science deeply, but in fact some of the greatest minds in science were inherently creative. This is because science is a form of creation. The purpose of science is to understand the world and create within the world. One cannot create without creativity. The word creativity in itself has the world ‘create’ which means the two processes are interconnected.
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The reason why art is necessary to science because creativity involves imagination, and imagination is visualization. Things we are able to conceptualize, visualize or imagine in our mind are the things we can also create, if we have the tools to do so. Oftentimes, some of the greatest discoveries in science involved using some form of art. As one example, Charles Messier, a French astronomer from the 18th century, had a catalogue of about 110 drawings from his journals. In his observation of the night sky in search of a wandering comet, Halley, he documented countless galaxies, clusters and nebulae. Another example, that is widely known to us all is Leonardo DaVinci, who often used art as a way to underpin his imagination and abstract thoughts to reality. It has been found that many of his drawings and scientific ideas have resulted in practical inventions.
In fact introducing art as a way to study science would not only allow students to understand the core of science is creativity, but it will also allow them to better learn scientific concepts and rules. Often times, the ability to visualize and imagine certain processes is important to solving scientific problems. For example a well known problem to everyone who has taken a high school physics course is the problem involving the trajectory of a ball when it is thrown. In order to solve this simple problem, scientists draw the trajectory of the ball. The drawing makes it easier to solve the problem because at various moments of time and space there are certain aspects of the laws of physics that make the problem really clear and simple. Once one gets more advanced, the same thing applies. In this time where our society is so advanced with many technological tools at its disposal, it would be useful to create a framework where science is taught through visualization, through art and creativity.
