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Man is unique not because he does science, and he is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvellous plasticity of mind.
   —J. Bronowski, The Ascent of Man

 

Gharib Research Areas:
Bioinspired Design and Engineering
Cardiovascular Research
Micro-Nano-Meso Scale Mechanics
Wind and Sea
Quantitative Imaging
Art and Sciences

 

Dances in Flatland
See an animation, with music, of pulses of air moved by a diaphragm of a sound speaker, touching down upon a soap film stretched on a frame.

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Created by Alma Gharib and Caltech conceptual artist, David Kremers, in 2001. Visit the project on this page, Studies of Two-Dimensional Flows Using Soap Films, to learn more.

 

 

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