Complexity and Simplicity - (Transdisciplinary Studies) (Hardcover)

About the Book

Complexity and Simplicity is conceived as a project that brings together a wide range of scientific and artistic perspectives, exhibiting both the advantages of interdisciplinary breadth and the depth of up-to-date insights delivered by outstanding specialists in the relevant fields.

Book Synopsis

This book is the outcome of an original and interdisciplinary undertaking by the Academy of Young Scholars and Artists based in Wroclaw, Poland. One of the fundamental objectives of the Academy is to improve and foster communication between outstanding representatives of various fields of science, the humanities and art. In this regard to close the gap between the sciences, humanities and the arts and replace it with a unifying yet diverse vision of human cognition - a group of over 50 scholars and artists were asked to present their perspectives on the concepts of "complexity" and "simplicity" in the form of articles or artworks that made reference to their specific disciplines. Hence, the material presented in this compilation may serve as an interdisciplinary source of inspiration for a wide variety of readers. The choice of the main theme - complexity, simplicity, and the various kinds of thought-provoking dialectics unfolding between these - was motivated by a comprehensive and ongoing debate observable in the area of the methodology of the sciences as well as in various spheres of art.

Contributors are: Ewa Blaszczak, Krzysztof Boczkowski, Malgorzata Cebrat, Jaroslaw Drapala, Marcin Drąg, Magda Dubińska-Magiera, Adrian Foltyn, Dorota Frydecka, Lukasz Huculak, Jakub Jernajczyk, Urszula Komarnicka, Katarzyna Kopecka-Piech, Marek Krajewski, Piotr Kruk, Artur Krężel, Marta Migocka-Patrzalek, Magdalena Rowińska-Żyrek, Bartlomiej Skowron, Karol Striżyk, Magdalena Witkowicz, Roland Zarzycki, Justyna Ziólkowska and Katarzyna Zoń.

Contributing artists are: Justyna Baśnik, Pawel Baśnik, Tomasz Dobiszewski, Zuzanna Dyrda, Karolina Freino, Wieslaw Goluch, Mariusz Gorzelak, Jaroslaw Grulkowski, Marek Grzyb, Magda Grzybowska, Lukasz Huculak, Piotr Jędrzejewski, Jakub Jernajczyk, Antonina Joszczuk-Brzozowska, Ivan Juarez, Piotr Kmita, Michal Knychaus, Miroslaw Kociński, Anna Kolodziejczyk, Marzena Krzemińska-Baluch, Agnieszka Leśniak-Banasiak, Ula Lucińska, Beata Mak-Sobota, Karina Marusińska, Marcin Mierzicki, Kamil Moskowczenko, Joanna Opalska-Brzecka, Bożena Sacharczuk, Artur Skowroński, Eugeniusz Smoliński, Dominika Sobolewska, Karolina Szymanowska, Anna Trojanowska, Justyna Żak

About the Author

Ewa Blaszczak, Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Rennes 1, France, (2015), MSc in Medical Molecular Biology from the University of Westminster, UK (2010). Currently, a university professor at the Medical University of Lublin with a research interest in the molecular mechanisms of cancer progression and invasion.

Malgorzata Cebrat, Molecular Immunologist, Researcher, Lecturer, and Beekeeper. Ph.D. in Biology at the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy. Currently Head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Immunology at the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw.

Jakub Jernajczyk, Visual Artist, Popularizer of Science, Ph.D. in Arts, MA in Mathematics. He focuses mainly on the cognitive aspects of visual imagination in art and science. Dean of the Doctoral School at the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw.

Bartlomiej Skowron, Ph.D. in Philosophy (2012), BSc in Mathematics (2011). Wisdom lover, Platonist, Mathematical Philosopher. Currently developing a dynamic theory of ideas, in which he fiercely defends a contemporary form of Platonism. An assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology.

Weronika Urbańska, Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy, expert in polymetallic waste recycling and raw materials management. Scientist at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Academic Tutor, President of Academy of Young Scholars and Artists (2023-2025).

Roland Zarzycki, Ph.D. in mathematics, Mh.D. in Humanities, affiliated with Collegium Civitas, a transdisciplinary researcher interested in sociology, social and political economy, critical political thinking and the role of fantasy and ideology in everyday life.