The Significance of the Science Visualization Considered from the Artistic View Point

Abstract

There are many studies on various scientific fields. It is important for any research fields to spread the information and to gain understanding from the public for further development. However it is difficult for people of non-scientific background to understand the research theme and its results. Thus, visualization of the research results by illustration is useful for easier understanding of any people. I am now working as a member of scientific research laboratory to visualize science, and trying to demonstrate the importance of the visualization. I visualize the scientific result not from the science-educated point of view, but from the art and design-educated point of view. In this paper, specific example on how non-scientist is communicating with the scientists to visualize their science is reported. Also the role and potential of art in the scientific field from the artistic point of view is discussed.