Re: Talking vs Doing

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:51 PM -0700 10/10/97, P3D Brian Reynolds wrote:
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>I agree that artists (and others) have been saying that scientists (or
>technologists) do not appreciate the world from an artistic viewpoint
>(or have artistic abilities) for quite some time, but I disagree that
>scientific presentations do not contain artistic qualities.  If that
>were so scientific papers would simply be tables of numbers and
>perhaps a few equations.
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Actually, I think this can vary somewhat from field to field & place to
place.  I know some scientists who feel that if your slides look nice your
science probably isn't that good.

It used to be that you took your data to a graphic arts person to make into
figures, but what with the ubiquity of computers & drawing programs it's
getting harder & harder to justify shelling out the money to pay someone
else to do it...

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
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