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A Study on Convergence between Mathematics and Fine Arts by Galileo Galilei

갈릴레오의 수학과 미술의 융합에 관한 연구

  • Jung, Won (Dept. of Science Studies, Jeonbuk National Univ)
  • 정원 (전북대학교 과학학과)
  • Received : 2019.11.21
  • Accepted : 2019.12.16
  • Published : 2020.02.29
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Abstract

Versatile and innovative interdisciplinary professionals refer to those who can engage in an efficient cooperation with experts in other fields or to those who can themselves put knowledge of different fields together. This article aims to look into Galileo Galilei as an example of historic figure that made remarkable achievements by merging knowledge in multiple fields of study. It also shows that Galileo, who had active exchange with painters during the Renaissance, presented the findings from his telescope observations in the form of drawings and that he used them to build core logics that criticizes the traditional Aristotelian cosmology. Galileo drew the critical logics, hardly achievable from a simple observation report or mathematical demonstration, from his hand drawing. The Galileo case well proposes the goals and direction of how the modern society should nurture its interdisciplinary professionals today.

융복합적 인재란 자신의 전문 분야를 넘어서 다른 분야의 전문가들과 효율적인 협력 작업을 수행할 수 있는 인재를 의미하거나 아니면 스스로 다양한 분야의 지식을 융합해 낼 수 있는 인재를 의미한다. 이 논문에서는 역사적 인물들 중 다양한 분야의 지식을 융합해 내어 한 분야로의 지식만으로는 이룰 수 없는 성과를 도출해 냈던 사례로 갈릴레오를 살필 것이다. 논문에서는 르네상스 분위기 속에서 화가들과 교류했던 갈릴레오가 망원경으로 하늘을 관측한 결과를 그림으로 표현했다는 점과 그가 과거의 우주론을 비판하는 결정적인 논리를 만들어 내는 과정에서 그 그림들을 적극적으로 활용했음을 보일 것이다. 이러한 갈릴레오의 사례는 융합적 인재 양성에 있어서 목표로 삼아야 할 지향점을 제시해 준다는 점에 있어서 의미가 크다.

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