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Thu 03 Mar 2003Art and science like oil and water
Under the Microscope/Dr William Reville: The utilitarian value of science is now widely acknowledged but recognition of its intrinsic cultural value is very slow in coming. Perhaps this has partly prompted the current vogue of bringing art and science together.
The Wellcome Trust now funds collaborative projects between scientists and artists. It is not entirely self-evident that such collaborations will prove to be professionally fruitful, but at the very least they will bring people from opposite ends of the cultural spectrum together.
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