Caricaturist asking your advice (physicists drawings)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a caricaturist seeking feedback on their collection of caricatures depicting historical figures in physics and mathematics. Participants provide suggestions for additional figures to include and share their thoughts on the artistic representation of these scientists.

Discussion Character

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  • Conceptual clarification
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • The caricaturist has created caricatures of figures like Newton, Galileo, Einstein, Euler, and Gauss and is seeking feedback on these drawings.
  • Some participants suggest additional figures such as Faraday, Maxwell, Oppenheimer, Hubble, Rosalind Franklin, Zwicky, Sagan, Curie, and Tesla for future caricatures.
  • One participant emphasizes the importance of including influential scientists like Zwicky and Tesla, despite their lesser fame compared to others like Edison.
  • There is a discussion about the historical context of Rosalind Franklin's contributions to DNA research and her relative obscurity compared to Watson and Crick.
  • The caricaturist expresses a preference for depicting scientists based on their influence rather than their fame.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the importance of including influential scientists in the caricature collection, but there are differing opinions on which figures should be prioritized and the significance of fame versus influence.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express unfamiliarity with certain scientists, indicating a potential gap in knowledge about influential figures in science.

Who May Find This Useful

Artists, historians, and enthusiasts of science and caricature may find this discussion valuable for understanding the interplay between artistic representation and historical significance in the scientific community.

Fred Rogeiro
Hi, Friends!

I've been working on a collection of caricatures of great historical figures that includes some physicists like Newton, Galileo or Einstein and mathmaticians like Euler and Gauss. For that, I was shamelessness and entered here.
Now, I need some feedback about the drawings and some advice about some options of the business that are still open. So, I prepared a brief presentation of the ideia, with some few direct questions about it.
For those of you who are willing to help me, here it is http://www.fighum.com . It will take you just 2 or 3 minutes.

I would be most appreciated if you give me your advice! :)
Thank you!
 
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Fred Rogeiro said:
Hi, Friends!

I've been working on a collection of caricatures of great historical figures that includes some physicists like Newton, Galileo or Einstein and mathmaticians like Euler and Gauss. For that, I was shamelessness and entered here.
Now, I need some feedback about the drawings and some advice about some options of the business that are still open. So, I prepared a brief presentation of the ideia, with some few direct questions about it.
For those of you who are willing to help me, here it is http://www.fighum.com . It will take you just 2 or 3 minutes.

I would be most appreciated if you give me your advice! :)
Thank you!


That's really awesome. Please do a Faraday and a Maxwell. Oppenheimer would be pretty intense looking also (all in the eyes).
 
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Thank you very much, Francis!

Maxwell is ready and Faraday is almost ready (thanks to their electricity achievments, I can draw over night!)
Oppenheimer I'm sure will soon blast!
 
Fred Rogeiro said:
Thank you very much, Francis!

Maxwell is ready and Faraday is almost ready (thanks to their electricity achievments, I can draw over night!)
Oppenheimer I'm sure will soon blast!

I see what you did there; and yes, that's quite humorous. :biggrin:
 
Just thought of another favorite: Edwin Hubble. You know, the pipe and everything. He'd probably be fun to do.
 
Francis, Hubble is in my list too, but in an earlier stage of development.
But unfortunately I drawn him without is pipe!
 
Fred Rogeiro said:
Francis, Hubble is in my list too, but in an earlier stage of development.
But unfortunately I drawn him without is pipe!

Hmm...how about Rosalind Franklin then?
 
Rosalind Franklin I must confess I don't know who she was, Francis...
 
Zwicky would be a good one. He had a rather interesting facial expression in one picture. From people who knew him, that picture was pretty typical.

I'm posting from my phone, so I can't link a picture, but you can't miss it.
 
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Hum, I don't know Zwicky as well!
 
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Okay. Just going to throw some folks out there that I've admired...

Carl Sagan

Edwin Land

Marie Curie

Henri Becquerel

Alessandro Volta

Hans Christian Orsted

Charles Babbage

Heinrich Hertz
 
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Fred Rogeiro said:
Rosalind Franklin I must confess I don't know who she was, Francis...

Well that is the problem. When people think DNA, they usually remember Francis Crick and James Watson. But they actually stole Rosalind Franklin's x-ray diffraction photographs, and that's how they got the idea for the double helix.

Sons a bitches. Damn you Maurice Wilkins! :smile:
 
  • #13
You got to do Erwin : http://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2008/09/28/sch
 
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I will take note about the names you give me. Some I have already, others I know, others I don' know...
I have James Watson, for instance. I'm just aware of the "official" history, so I can be unfair.
Dr, Erwin Shrodinger I couldn't miss! He is a baby in the same day I am! haha
 
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To motivate why I pick Zwicky, he came up with the idea of supernovae, neutron stars, and dark matter. He was incredibly influential, but because nobody liked him, he never became famous. He had a habit of calling his colleagues "spherical bastards" because they were "bastards no matter which way you looked at them."

If you only want to do famous scientists, leave him out, but if you want important scientists, put him in.

Nikola Tesla fulfills a similar role in electrical engineering. He isn't as well known as Edison, but he was far more influential.
 
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Jack21222 said:
To motivate why I pick Zwicky, he came up with the idea of supernovae, neutron stars, and dark matter. He was incredibly influential, but because nobody liked him, he never became famous. He had a habit of calling his colleagues "spherical bastards" because they were "bastards no matter which way you looked at them."

If you only want to do famous scientists, leave him out, but if you want important scientists, put him in.

Nikola Tesla fulfills a similar role in electrical engineering. He isn't as well known as Edison, but he was far more influential.

I agree: Tesla and Zwicky all the way.
 
  • #17
I'd love to see your interpretation of Paul Dirac...
 
  • #18
I'm taking note of your posts here.
Infact, I try that my criteria is real influence and not fame for itself.
 

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