Wilfred Niels Arnold
Wilfred Niels Arnold is Professor of Biochemistry, University of Kansas Medical Center. In the last twenty years he has also contributed at the interface of the hard sciences and the humanities. Publications include Vincent van Gogh,: Chemicals, Crises, and Creativity, Boston: Birkhauser, 1992, ISBN 0-8176-3616-1. Dr. Arnold serves on the book review panel for Modern Pathology and writes occasional reviews for Nature, British Medical Journal, and other periodicals. Email: warnold@kumc.edu.
Journal Articles
Compelling Visuality: The Work of Art in and Out of History
In the Eye of the Beholder: The Science of Face Perception
The Illness of Vincent Van Gogh: An Interactive Web Site
Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science
To Light Such a Candle: Chapters in The History of Science and Technology
A Bibliographical History of the Study and Use of Color from Aristotle to Kandinsky by Kenneth E. Burchett. The Edward Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, U.S.A., 2005. 416 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-7734-6041-1.
Camouflage by Neil Leach. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2006. 289 pp. Paper. ISBN: 0-262-62200-9
Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius by A.C. Grayling. Walker Co., New York, NY, U.S.A., 2006. 320 pp. Trade. ISBN: 0-8027-1501-X
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A., 2007. 393 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 0-520-24117-6
The Cult of Statistical Significance by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A., 2008. 384 pp. Trade, paper. ISBN: 978-0-472-07007-7; ISBN: 978-0-472-05007-9
The Essence of Perfume by Roja Dove. Black Dog, London, U.K., 2008. 269 pp. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1-906155-49-0
Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces
The Metamorphosis of Plants by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; introduction and photographs by Gordon L. Miller. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2009. 155 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 978-0-262-01309-3
Science and Conscience: The Life of James Franck by Jost Lemmerich; Ann M. Hentschel, translator. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, U.S.A., 2011. 392 pp., illus. Trade, e-book. ISBN: 978-0-8047-6310-3; ISBN: 978-0-8047-7909-8
The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness
False Colors: Art, Design, and Modern Camouflage by Roy R. Behrens. Bobolink Books, Dysart, IA, U.S.A., 2002. 223 pp., illus. $22.95. ISBN: 0-9713244-0-9
Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion, and Art
Painted Love: Prostitution in French Art of the Impressionist Era