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1、1SCIENTIFICAMERICANEXCLUSIVEONLINEISSUEAPRIL2005COPYRIGHT2005SCIENTIFICAMERICAN,INC.SCIENCE&ARTScientificAmerican.comexclusiveonlineissueno.21ScientificAmericanmaybebestknownforitscoverageofsuchdisciplinesasastronomyandbiotechnology,butaslongtimereaderscanattest,themagazinehasatr

2、aditionofexaminingculturalphenomenaaswell.Itisinthisspiritthatwehaveputtogetheracollectionofarticlesexploringtheintersectionofscienceandart.Inthisexclusiveonlineissue,leadingscientistssharetheirexpertiseonwhatsciencecanrevealaboutartandviceversa.DiscovertherockartofsouthernAfri

3、ca,someofwhichdatesbacktomorethan20,000yearsago,offer-ingarchaeologistsuniqueinsightsintothemindsofprehistorichumans.TourthespectacularlydecoratedtombofNefertari,favoritewifeoftheEgyptianpharaohRamsesII,whichexpertshavetakengreatpainstoconserveforfuturestudyandpublicenjoyment.A

4、ndlearnhowbeautifullyengravedwoodentabletshungundertheroofsofreligiousbuildingsinJapanrecordaflourishingofnativemathematicsduringthecountrysperiodofseclusionfromtheWest.Art,itisoftensaid,imitateslife,andcanthusprovideawindowonsociety.Itcanalsorevealmuchaboutthebrain.Studiessugge

5、stthatanumberofgreatartistshavebeenafflictedwithmadnessandthatthereexistsalinkbetweencreativityandmooddisorders.Likewise,studiesofhowtheblindsketchtheirsurroundingsindicatethattouchandvisionarecloselytied.Twoarticlesinthisissueexplorethoserelationships.TheEditorsTABLEOFCONTENTS2

6、RockArtinSouthernAfricaBYANNESOLOMON;SCIENTIFICAMERICANMAGAZINENOVEMBER1996PaintingsandengravingsmadebyancestorsoftheSanpeoplesencodethehistoryandcultureofasocietythousandsofyearsold9PreservingNefertari'sLegacyBYNEVILLEAGNEWANDSHINMAEKAWA;SCIENTIFICAMERICANMAGAZINEOCTOBER1999Th

7、etombofthisancientEgyptianqueenistestamenttothegreatloveofPharaohRamsesII.Itspreservationistestamenttoadvancesinconservation15JapaneseTempleGeometryBYTONYROTHMAN;SCIENTIFICAMERICANMAGAZINEMAY1998DuringJapansperiodofnationalseclusion(1639-1854),nativemathematicsthrived,asevidenc

8、edinsangaku--woodentabletsengravedwithgeometryproblems