Christopher X J. Jensen
Professor, Pratt Institute

Biocreativity blog explores the interaction between biology and art

Posted 15 Aug 2012 / 0

Biocreativity blog

A Minor Post, Art & Design, Biology (general), Science in Art & Design

EcoHealth sponsors art competition

Posted 14 May 2012 / 0

EcoHealth 2012 Conference Art Competition

A Minor Post, Conferences, Science in Art & Design

Painting called “Endosymbiosis” honors the legacy of Lynn Margulis

Posted 08 May 2012 / 0

Ashland Daily Tidings “Paintings merge art and science“

A Minor Post, Mutualism, Science in Art & Design

I am not the only one who likes to narrowly interpret creative works through my scientific lens

Posted 07 May 2012 / 0

Literature, Evolution, & the Brain “The Evolution of Cooperation & ‘They Cage the Animals at Night‘” It is fascinating that this blog represents the work of many people, all of whom are looking at literature through the lens of evolution. I encourage this approach — I had better, as I take it myself — but this Read More

A Minor Post, Cooperation, Science in Art & Design

Science in Art & Design: Justin Taylor’s “The Gospel of Anarchy”

Posted 07 Oct 2011 / 0

There are so many science books that I want to read that I frequently neglect to read fiction. This is too bad, because good fiction can be as rich with interesting hypotheses about human nature and evolution as any book illuminating evolutionary theory. Towards the end of thinking about how my field informs and can Read More

Books, Cooperation, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Fiction, Group Selection, Happiness, Human Evolution, Human Nature, Multilevel Selection, Pratt Institute, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Science in Art & Design, Superorganisms