Chemistry Imagined

一位杰出的化学家，同时也是一位面向外行读者的科学作家，将与一位才华横溢的视觉艺术家合作，创作一系列25-30幅图像和配套的一页纸论文，主题是化学想象——化学的魔力，它的历史根源，它的认识方式，以及它的当代问题和思想。这些图片和文章将以一本书的形式向公众提供，由一家商业出版商出版，同时还将举办原始图片和文章的巡回展览。该项目的目的是向公众传达化学的本质及其在现代文化中的地位，发展公众对化学中心思想的理解，并展示艺术和科学敏感性之间密切和互补的关系。

A leading chemist who is also a writer on science for lay audiences will collaborate with a talented visual artist to create a series of 25-30 images and matching one-page essays on the subject of Chemistry Imagined -- the magic of chemistry, its historical roots, its ways of knowing, and its contemporary issues and ideas. These images and essays will be made available to the public in the form of a book to be published by a commercial publisher and also a travelling exhibition of the original images and essays. The intent of the project is to communicate to the public the essence of chemistry and its place in modern culture, to develop public understanding of central ideas of chemistry, and to demonstrate the close and complementary relationship of artistic and scientific sensibilities.