5 People Famous For Mixing Science With Art

From Leonardo da Vinci to Brian May, these scientists and artists didn’t feel the need to choose one passion over the other — and the world is better off for it.

By Avery Hurt
Nov 14, 2022 5:00 PMNov 15, 2022 3:53 PM
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Visit any university and you’ll typically find its art and science departments on opposite ends of campus — or at least housed in separate buildings. Yet plenty of people throughout history have spanned this great divide. Here are a few you might recognize from one field, without realizing their contributions in the other.

1. Leonardo da Vinci

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