Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Giotto di Bondone, The Arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas), 1304–1306. Fresco, Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew and Inspiration of St. Matthew, oil on canvas, c. 1599-1600 (Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome)

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Pablo Picasso, 1912, The aficionado (The torero), Analytical Cubism, Cubist Period, portrait, oil on canvas Dimensions: 135 x 82 cm

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Vortex WaltzJ. Luc Peterson (graduate student) and Greg Hammett (faculty)Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryTwo-dimensional fluid vortexes attract, swirling and merging with their partners in a turbulent ballet. This natural behavior influences phenomena ranging from weather patterns in the atmosphere to the performance of nuclear fusion devices. Advanced numerical algorithms and high-performance supercomputers allow for turbulence simulations of unprecedented detail. This snapshot catches the vortexes in the act. Originally entirely separated, the two vortex centers (dark red) have sent out spiral bands and shock waves throughout the background fluid as they’ve circled each other and combined. If left alone long enough, the two will complete their dance as a single, larger vortex.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Title Brain MRIDescription A single image of a human brain using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. A bright blue color where brain cancer metastasizes in the occipital lobe.Topics/Categories Cancer Types -- Brain Cancer Test or Procedure -- Imaging ProceduresType Color, PhotoSource Dr. Leon Kaufman. University Of California, San Francisco

Social-cultural realm

Biophysical realm

Carolan, M. (2005). Society, Biology, and Ecology: Bringing Nature Back Into Sociology’s Disciplinary Narrative Through Critical Realism. Organization & Environment, 393-421.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

“nature” = Discursive constructions: e.g., naturalness vs.unnaturalness, etc

Social-cultural realm

Biophysical realm

Carolan, M. (2005). Society, Biology, and Ecology: Bringing Nature Back Into Sociology’s Disciplinary Narrative Through Critical Realism. Organization & Environment, 393-421.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

“nature” = Discursive constructions: e.g., naturalness vs.unnaturalness, etc

Social-cultural realm

Biophysical realm

Nature = Phenomena of physicality and causality: e.g., gravity,laws of thermodynamics, etc.

Carolan, M. (2005). Society, Biology, and Ecology: Bringing Nature Back Into Sociology’s Disciplinary Narrative Through Critical Realism. Organization & Environment, 393-421.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

“nature” = Discursive constructions: e.g., naturalness vs.unnaturalness, etc

Social-cultural realm

Biophysical realm

nature = Socio-biophysical phenomena: e.g., ozone layer,forests, rivers, etc.

Nature = Phenomena of physicality and causality: e.g., gravity,laws of thermodynamics, etc.

Carolan, M. (2005). Society, Biology, and Ecology: Bringing Nature Back Into Sociology’s Disciplinary Narrative Through Critical Realism. Organization & Environment, 393-421.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

“nature” = Discursive constructions: e.g., naturalness vs.unnaturalness, etc

Social-cultural realm

Biophysical realm

nature = Socio-biophysical phenomena: e.g., ozone layer,forests, rivers, etc.

Nature = Phenomena of physicality and causality: e.g., gravity,laws of thermodynamics, etc.

Carolan, M. (2005). Society, Biology, and Ecology: Bringing Nature Back Into Sociology’s Disciplinary Narrative Through Critical Realism. Organization & Environment, 393-421.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

“nature” = Discursive constructions: e.g., naturalness vs.unnaturalness, etc

Social-cultural realm

Biophysical realm

nature = Socio-biophysical phenomena: e.g., ozone layer,forests, rivers, etc.

Nature = Phenomena of physicality and causality: e.g., gravity,laws of thermodynamics, etc.

Key

= Social

Carolan, M. (2005). Society, Biology, and Ecology: Bringing Nature Back Into Sociology’s Disciplinary Narrative Through Critical Realism. Organization & Environment, 393-421.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016