Chris Orr - Scientists Hit the Jackpot

““Scientists hit the Jackpot” incorporates a selection of great scientists strutting their stuff. Archimedes getting into his bath, nearly trips over a young Einstein discovering his famous equation. Copernicus stares into the heavens on a very rickety platform. Mary Anning (of Lyme Regis) is gathering fossils and Pythagoras is playing with his hypotenuse. Crick and Watson slug it out, whilst Rosalind Franklin does all the work.

My thoughts are about the magical moments of discovery for both artists and scientists. Schrodinger, bottom right hand corner, speculates on whether the cat is really in the box. I share his worry.”