Why we are still having the former arts v science debate? There is only one culture,and you need an open intellect to absorb as much as you can of it, argues Tim RadfordWhich branch of learning, and in the last century,has delivered the ultimate recipe for adventure; has expanded our intellectual horizons, quickened our understanding of the world around us, and opened our eyes to the astounding possibilities of the past and the future? Piece of cake: the acknowledge is mathematical physics.
A century ago,the Milky Way was all there was. It took a considerable intellect with a considerable telescope to capture a closer explore at a smudgy object called Andromeda and realise - and what a thrill that moment must possess been - that Andromeda was not a star, or a nebula, and at all. It was another galaxy,another entire cluster of stars, more than two million light years away.
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Source: theguardian.com