She blinded me with science!
March 22, 2008 1:59 PM Subscribe
Gorgeous images, selected solely for their artistic appeal, from the pages of Physical Review B.
Apparently "gorgeous" covers a much wider aesthetic spectrum than I'd previously thought.
posted by Sys Rq at 2:53 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Sys Rq at 2:53 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Right, don't quit your day job, "gorgeous" images.
posted by Brocktoon at 3:07 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Brocktoon at 3:07 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Listen, gorgeous images, whatever you do, don't pay for your portfolio. If this agency really thinks you have potential, they'll do a creative on spec. Otherwise, they're just trying to rip you off.
posted by sixswitch at 3:27 PM on March 22, 2008
posted by sixswitch at 3:27 PM on March 22, 2008
These are great. If you like these, you may find interesting my collection of thin film patterns found in the literature.
posted by Mapes at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2008
posted by Mapes at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2008
As a scientist, I think scientists need to go to beauty school. One hears of the 'beauty' of fractals, which is similar to the 'dazzling brilliance' of Yahoo! Answers.
posted by lukemeister at 4:30 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by lukemeister at 4:30 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm not a scientist, but I consider myself to believe in focusing on the science of science even if it's not warm and fuzzy.
But alluring images for mass consumption can help folks realize what scientists are doing, if only on a superficial, "ooh shiny" level. Astronomers have been particularly good at this sort of thing ("Pillars of Creation"... lord, that picture alone could sell a space program. Add in the plucky Mars rovers and you've got a win.), though they have some awesome raw material to start with. I get totally drawn in when I see pictures magnifying a fly's eye 10000 times or some such thing or that video showing an electron in motion that went around a few weeks back.
Focusing on the science of science is great for scientists, but getting some good PR shots out there is a good thing™.
Unfortunately, the shots in the link aren't very engaging.
posted by socratic at 5:26 PM on March 22, 2008
But alluring images for mass consumption can help folks realize what scientists are doing, if only on a superficial, "ooh shiny" level. Astronomers have been particularly good at this sort of thing ("Pillars of Creation"... lord, that picture alone could sell a space program. Add in the plucky Mars rovers and you've got a win.), though they have some awesome raw material to start with. I get totally drawn in when I see pictures magnifying a fly's eye 10000 times or some such thing or that video showing an electron in motion that went around a few weeks back.
Focusing on the science of science is great for scientists, but getting some good PR shots out there is a good thing™.
Unfortunately, the shots in the link aren't very engaging.
posted by socratic at 5:26 PM on March 22, 2008
I like a whole bunch of these. I may incorporate and re-interpret some of the images as graphical elements or vector objects.
These are great. If you like these, you may find interesting my collection of thin film patterns found in the literature.
Thanks! I like those, too!
posted by loquacious at 5:33 PM on March 22, 2008
These are great. If you like these, you may find interesting my collection of thin film patterns found in the literature.
Thanks! I like those, too!
posted by loquacious at 5:33 PM on March 22, 2008
the titles are great -
posted by sgt.serenity at 5:38 PM on March 22, 2008
posted by sgt.serenity at 5:38 PM on March 22, 2008
interesting abstract images
posted by ineedmotivation at 7:30 PM on March 22, 2008
posted by ineedmotivation at 7:30 PM on March 22, 2008
Yeah I was prepared to get my snark on about everyone getting their snark on here, and then clicked through to the images. Some of them are okay, but not exactly what I'd call stunning or gorgeous. And the resolution on some of them is just plain bad. I have seen much, much better. Nice try though, dmd
posted by Zinger at 9:57 AM on March 23, 2008
posted by Zinger at 9:57 AM on March 23, 2008
Don't be hard on the poster. If you are interested in this kind of physics, the beauty comes in how well the graphics explain the subject matter. Thanks for the post.
posted by hellslinger at 11:38 AM on March 24, 2008
posted by hellslinger at 11:38 AM on March 24, 2008
dmd,
This was a neat post, and I'm sorry if the comments here were too snarky. My point was that images portraying scientific data should aspire to be as cool as images of the natural world. Too often, scientific graphics, even in first-rate journals, remind me of old video games.
posted by lukemeister at 1:11 PM on March 24, 2008
This was a neat post, and I'm sorry if the comments here were too snarky. My point was that images portraying scientific data should aspire to be as cool as images of the natural world. Too often, scientific graphics, even in first-rate journals, remind me of old video games.
posted by lukemeister at 1:11 PM on March 24, 2008
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Stunning informational charts and graphs
posted by pmaxwell at 2:03 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]