Monthly Archives: December 2008

Loving the Machine Aesthetic

Posted on December 12, 2008 by

Le Corbusier was one of the greatest architects of the Twentieth Century.  He believed houses were machines and his early industrialization of building homes as metrics of functionality — instead of as just basic shelter — forever changed the way … Continue reading →

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Science Without a Moral Core

Posted on December 11, 2008 by

At 35-years-old, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. warned in 1964 in Oslo — the day after accepting his Nobel Peace Prize — that we must, as a society, always be wary when science advances without a moral core.

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Appreciating Science in Barbados

Posted on December 11, 2008 by

Barbadians love art, but Barbados also wants to honor science and technology in the same meme:

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When Art Meets Science is it Always Art?

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The San Francisco Chronicle asks a fine question about the legitimacy of art meeting science as we ponder the image of an electrograph of a brass wire gauge in the year 1900: Should we consider “Brought to Light: Photography and … Continue reading →

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