Week 9 : Space & Art

Humans are naturally curious creates that want to acquire knowledge that isn't already known. The topic we will be discussing this week deals with our desire to learn, and in this case, about space and the human's involvement. There are a number of ways astronomy and space is linked with humanity such as disguising seasonal patterns. 

There are numerous television shows, films, and books that base their theme off of human involvement in space. For example Interstellar, Christopher Nolan's Academy Award winning movie, uses things such as blackholes and wormholes to draw the viewer's attention in due to their lack of knowledge on the topic. The filmmakers did their best during the filming process to make it as accurate as possible. Kip Thorne, a well-known astrophysicist and theorist, the production crew spent copious amounts of time trying to create an accurate space film. In doing so, they gained new knowledge about black holes (Rogers). They successfully produced a film with both art and science.

Curiosity is fuel for exploration in our world. In society, it is apparent that humans are enamored with patterns, especially in math and science. The Powers of Ten Blog makes long algorithms and number combinations much easier to interpret by incorporating them in topics such as Valentines Day and the Challenger Deep (Marlow). The "Challenger Deep" article investigates the depths of trenches. The author states that the Challenger Deep is about 11,030 meters deep. It is named the challenger after the HMS Challenger, which sounded the trench in 1875.

The curiosity within humans is what will drive us to explore sciences and arts in more detail. 

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