Assistant Professor of Physics Ka膰a Bradonji膰 Publishes in MIT's Leonardo
In the December issue of the journal, Assistant Professor of Physics Ka膰a Bradonji膰 explores the intersections of science, philosophy, and art.
鈥淧hysicists study the physical world on spatial, temporal, and complexity scales inaccessible through ordinary human perception. How, then, does a person ground their understanding of physics at these scales in the sensory impressions and emotional states made possible by their body? The author describes a framework that approaches this question by integrating artistic and intellectual methods and is informed by the history of science, theories of embodied cognition, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty鈥檚 philosophy of phenomenology. The framework鈥檚 goal is to understand the subjective, internal representations of physics concepts used by practicing physicists and to explore their impact on collective research efforts.鈥
鈥淎t its essence, the creation of phenomenal atlases is neither art in service of science nor science in service of art,鈥澛燘radonji膰 writes. 鈥淩ather it is a collaboration through which two people embark on the search for a deeper understanding of what it means to know oneself, another, and the physical world.鈥
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