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Crossing Over: Where Art and Science Meet by Stephen Jay Gould; Lynne Amft; Rosamond Wolff Purcell is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Crossing Over , the latest of three collaborations between scholar Stephen Jay Gould and artist Rosamond Wolff Purcell, brings together thought-provoking essays and uncannily beautiful 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 th

Who reads Crossing Over: Where Art and Science Meet?

Author

Stephen Jay Gould; Lynne Amft; Rosamond Wolff Purcell

Publisher

Three Rivers Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780609805862

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Stem

Rating

4.5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14