Abstract
As both a scientist and artist, the author presents the artworks inspired by his own research in string theory. The chapter starts with an introduction to string theory and a very brief discussion of some common images associated to it. It then focuses on several series of works in clay with the mathematical and ceramics background to them.
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Drukker, N. (2021). Artistic Manifestations of Topics in String Theory. In: Sriraman, B. (eds) Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_135-1
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