Vol. 13 • supplement • 2006 – Dialogue between science and art

ANALYSIS Science fiction, perception, and ontology: is the world fake? Ciro Flamarion Cardoso abstract  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: art and nature, poetry and science Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler  abstract  Physics and literature: building a bridge between two cultures João Zanetic abstract  Science and art: unlikely relations? José Claudio Reis, Andreia Guerra and Marco Braga abstract  The transparent body: medical imaging and popular culture in the twentieth century Francisco Ortega abstract  Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock’s fractal paintings Richard Taylor text in english Salvador Dalí’s obsession with science Mònica López Ferrado text in spanish Cinema and the scientific imaginary Bernardo Jefferson de Oliveira  abstract  Brunelleschi’s mirror, Alberti’s window, and Galileo’s “perspective tube” Samuel Y. Edgerton text in english Cloning goes to the Movies Craig Cormick  text in english INTERVIEWS The poetic side of science interview with Affonso Romano de Sant’Anna, interview given to Carla Almeida text in portuguese Einstein and Picasso: mere coincidence? interview with Arthur I. Miller, interview given to Luisa Massarani, Carla Almeida and José Claudio Reis text in portuguese Art and science on the stage interview with Carlos Palma, interview given to Luisa Massarani and Carla Ameida text in portuguese Transgenic art interview with Eduardo Kac, interview given to Dolores Galindo text in portuguese ESSAY Poetry and science – almost a short-short story Marco Lucchesi text in portuguese IMAGES Fayga Ostrower, a life open to sensibility and to the intellect Carla Almeida  abstract SOURCES Scientific enchantment: science topics in the lyrics of popular Brazilian music Ildeu de Castro Moreira and Luisa Massarani abstract