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愛因斯坦和畢卡索
本書是二十世紀最偉大的科學家愛因斯坦和最重要的藝術家畢卡索的平行傳記，敘述了兩人石破天驚的創造歷程。
在他們達成其重大成就時，愛因斯坦和畢卡索都只是二十來歲的無名小卒，生活浮動不安，既窮又常常惹上麻煩。有一陣子，畢卡索甚至隨時帶著槍，準備一槍斃了找他麻煩的人。至於愛因斯坦，由於沒有師長推薦他到大學任教，只好在瑞士的專利局裡謀生。但對一直沈緬在技術問題中的愛因斯坦，設計發電機和協調火車時刻表還是促發了他的相對論。
在愛因斯坦和畢卡索的時代，傳統上以直覺來了解時間和空間已不適用，兩人不約而同地以更深刻的方式呈現時間與空間。就此看來，愛因斯坦的相對論和畢卡索的立體主義其實是在處理相同的問題。
20世紀初期是自文藝復興以來最為輝煌的時代，其間的特出作品，絕對可以建構一條文明大道。「相對論」和〈小姐〉是愛因斯坦和畢卡索反應這個大時代的代表作。
此一巨大轉變的中心議題，是具像與抽象。在藝術方面，自從文藝復興以來，外形和透視一直是繪畫的要素，在此時則受到了挑戰，
在科學方面，X光使得內、外、透明、不透明二度或三度空間含混不清。
更抽象的是，數學家納入了時間座標，把空間由三度推展到四度，令人感到驚異。
由愛因斯坦和畢卡索的奮鬥過程，明顯指出在20世紀藝術和科學是平行發展的，同時走向抽象和新潮也是必然的。—作者
本書特色
◎針對二十世紀西方文明在自然科學和藝術領域內的兩大進展，本書提供了深入的介紹，並嚐試找出其關聯性。
◎對於已知其然的讀者，本書提供了知其所以然的管道。對於尚不明瞭這些重大進展的讀者，本書使他們得以窺其堂奧。
◎書中超過八十幅圖片和照片對愛因斯坦「相對論」和畢卡索「立體主義」的創造性發現有清楚圖解。
作者簡介
亞瑟 I. 米勒 (Arthur I. Miller)
倫敦大學學院歷史和哲學教授，經常受邀參加相關的電視和廣播節目，並寫作或演講有關現代科學史和科學哲學以及認知科學、科學創造和藝術與科學之關聯性等問題。他的其它作品包括：《亞伯特．愛因斯坦的特殊相對論》《62年的不確定性》《天才的洞察力：科學和藝術的意象及創造》。
譯者簡介
劉河北
溥心畬入室弟子，出師後赴義大利羅馬專修藝術史及油畫，曾任教文化大學、新竹師專和美國芝加哥藝術學院，現仍執教於輔仁大學，譯書十餘本。
劉海北，比利時布魯塞爾大學物理學博士，比利時魯汶大學物理學門Lieenci\’e，曾任中山科學研究院副研究員，淡江大學物理研究所教授，中央大學光電科學研究所教授，現已由此職務退休。
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Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, And The Beauty That Causes HavocThe most important scientist of the twentieth century, and its most important artist, had their periods of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and in remarkably similar circumstances. This fascinating parallel biography of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso as young men examines their greatest works-Einstein's special theory of relativity and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the painting that brought art into the twentieth century. Miller shows how these breakthroughs arose not only from within their respective fields but from larger currents in the intellectual culture of the times: specifically, the rise of photography for Picasso, various well-known practical problems in the design of electric dynamos and the regularization of railroad timetables for Einstein, and for both the increasingly sophisticated ideas of space, time, and invisible forces that made up the cutting-edge science of the day. Ultimately, Miller shows how Einstein and Picasso, in a deep and important sense, were both working on the same problem. |
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Einstein, Picasso: Space, time and the beauty that causes havoc
The most important scientist of the twentieth century – Albert Einstein – and its most important artist- Pablo Picasso – went through their period of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and in remarkably similar circumstances. This parallel biography of Einstein and Picasso as young men focuses on their greatest achievements: Einstein’s special theory of relativity and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the painting that brought art into the twentieth century. When they produced these astonishing breakthroughs, Einstein and Picasso were in their twenties, unknown, feisty, dirt-poor, and prone to getting into trouble. For a while, Picasso even carried the playwright Alfred Jarrey’s pistol – loaded with blanks – with which he would shoot people who struck him as overly dull or earnest.
Einstein, Picasso is filled with revelations about how these young geniuses lived and worked. Picasso’s discovery of cubism, while firmly grounded in artistic tradition, also partook liberally of the artist’s everyday life and the intellectual milieu of turn-of-the-century Paris. The influences of photography, cinema, the cutting-edge science of the day, and the ideas of the philosopher-scientist Henri Poincaré all make their appearance in Les Demoiselles. Einstein, having so alienated his college teachers that none would recommend him for a university position, was forced to take a job in the Swiss Federal Patent Office. There he found himself immersed in technological problems. Two of these problems, having to do with the design of electrical dynamos and the coordination of train schedules, played pivotal roles in the discovery of relativity. This book reveals the unifying threads that tie together two most original minds of the twentieth century. Einstein and Picasso came of age at the exact moment in history when it was first becoming apparent that classical, intuitive ways of understanding space and time were not adequate. Each in his own way – Einstein with relativity and Picasso with cubism – was striving for a deeper, more satisfying way to represent space and time. In the most important sense, they were both working on the same problem.
Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews
‘Learned, inspired and daring … a fine and stimulating book. It makes breath-taking connections across the so-called two cultures of science and art, identifies the mysterious synchronous effects of the Zeitgeist, places aesthetics firmly at the heart not only of art but of science as well, and, not least, celebrates the excitement and the glories available, even yet, to the life of the mind.’
John Banville, The Irish Times
‘An exciting book… Perhaps the best fun is to see Miller shape his speciality subject, relativity, into language accessible to readers interested in both Einstein and Picasso… Miller is an excellent historian – exhaustive in searching for sources and savvy in deciding what weight to give each one – and a fine biographer, with a keen eye for the details of a life… His fine sense of narrative lets his book assume its natural structure as a double detective story… an intellectual thriller.’
William R. Everdell, The New York Times
‘A lively and compelling narrative. It captures what Miller clearly feels to be the sheer, exhilarating excitement of those times, places and events… a valuable nugget of historical research.’
Nature
‘Einstein, Picasso presents new insights into the creative processes common to a revolutionary scientist and radical artist.’
New Scientist
‘A brilliant book… offers the best explanation I have seen for the apparently independent discoveries of cubism and relativity as parts of a larger cultural transformation… Miller provides fascinating biographies of both men… I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in physics or art: it enhances a reader’s understanding of the connections between art and science. It also underscores the breadth and pervasiveness of an epoch’s intellectual ferment.’
Stephen G. Brush, Physics Today
‘Eloquent and wide-ranging.’
Publishers Weekly
‘Many have sensed links between Einstein and Picasso, but few have the knowledge to probe their affinities deeply. Arthur Miller has written a fascinating and illuminating book.’
Howard Gardner, author of Creating Minds.
‘Einstein, Picasso’ meeting – Dortmund, Germany, March 2009
In March 2009 the British Council convened a meeting in Dortmund, Germany, exploring creativity in art and science, directly inspired by my book Einstein, Picasso.
‘Albert Einstein, the most important scientist of the 20th century, and Pablo Picasso, its most important artist, were both – in their own way – striving for a new and profound way to represent the universe’s geometry. Einstein came up with the theory of relativity, Picasso with cubism when exploring the same problem: How to represent space and time at just the moment in history when it became apparent that these entities are not what we intuitively perceive them to be. This parallel of problem-solving and creative approach in science and art was of interest to Arthur I. Miller, Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London when writing “Einstein, Picasso – Space, Time, and the Beauty that Causes Havoc” (2001).’
British Council, Deutschland
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