INSIGHTS OF GENIUS BY ARTHUR I. MILLER

Cover of the book: Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art

Have you ever been fascinated about what is behind the minds of the greatest genius of all time such as Picasso, Einstein or Dali? How they invented, discovered or created their work?. Therefore Do you want to know what is behind the creativity of the human mind? In this book, the author Arthur I. Miller, explores widely these. This is truly a key book for the people like me that we are fascinated in creativity and the relationshio of Art and Science:

“How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? How can the conclusion go beyond the premises?

This book brings together some of the profoundest mysteries of art and science: What is the nature of creativity? Why is seeing in all its many forms – insight, revelation, a distinctive point of view – so central to the greatest advances of the human intellect? How do we allow for boundless human creativity in the sciences and yet retain our belief in a single underlying reality?

Why are scientists so strongly attracted to visual images? From Galileo’s drawings to Feynman diagrams to modern brain-imaging techniques, it’s almost impossible to imagine science without pictures. To see is to understand. In this way scientists are like artists: both seek a visual interpretation of worlds both visible and invisible.

Insights of Genius explores the connections between Modern Art and modern physics in a wide-ranging study that takes us through the philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science, and neurophysiology in search of the origins and meaning of visual imagery. Among the questions it addresses are:

- What is the connection between common-sense intuition and scientific intuition?

- How does physics progress?

- Are there limits to scientific progress and our understanding of nature?

At a time when the media too often portray science as a godless, dehumanising exercise that is undermining the very fabric of society, such questions are becoming increasingly important. They help us see how science really works and how scientists struggle to understand nature, convince their peers, inform the public, and deal with reactions to their research”

 (Arthur I. Miller Web, 1996)

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