Entitled mountains of friction, this image creates a virtual world from a computer simulation of earthquakes. It was awarded a distinction in the snsf scientific image competition 2022.
Entitled mountains of friction, this image creates a virtual world from a computer simulation of earthquakes. It was awarded a distinction in the snsf scientific image competition 2022. Images play an important role in science and science communication. They have always held a powerful appeal, but the means of producing them - and the notion of how they should reflect reality - continue to evolve over time. Asked about the role that beauty plays in image-based science communication, Sarine Waltenspül and her research partner, Mario Schulze, confess a reluctance to use this term. Instead, the two image experts prefer to talk about the -desire for images- or the more general concept of aesthetics. -The term -beauty- can easily come across as a universalising category,- they say.
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