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| I developed and taught a “Chemistry and Art” introductory science course for an honors program. A case study approach was used to introduce basic course material as well as to engage the students. For example, to introduce geometric optics I gave them the artist David Hockney's controversial theory that great masters employed optical aids. The class then read articles for and against Hockney's theory and debated the merits. I will discuss this case and several others, including Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Ginevra de' Benci, the Vinland Map, and Prokudin-Gorskii's color photographs of Czarist Russia. |
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Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (CWCS)
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 Seaport -- Constitution Room, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |