Prof. J. G. Muga, member of the EHU Quantum Center and one of the driving forces behind its creation, gave the talk “Entre el arte y la ciencia” (“Between art and science”, in Spanish) in the OrdiZientzia lecture series of Lemniskata Zientzia Sare Herrikoia.
Drawing on his career as a quantum physicist and his experience as an amateur flautist, he shares, without academic pretensions, his personal answers to questions about art and science, and offers a space to reflect on the boundaries and overlaps between the two. The talk follows their relationship through history and draws parallels between scientific research and jazz improvisation.
Art and science are not opposites, as the myth of the two brain hemispheres would have it: both start from wonder and lead to the creation and communication of forms and structures that reflect the natural world or our emotions and experiences. In a world fragmented by ecological, technological and human crises, this integrative approach can enrich the way we know and feel.
Entre el arte y la ciencia – J. G. Muga (OrdiZientzia, Lemniskata)