Leonardo DaVinci was both ahead of his time and the epitome of his time. DaVinci had visions of machines, such as airplanes and submarines, centuries before their invention. He had an enormous talent, but more importantly, he had an insatiable thirst for exploration and discovery. His love for beauty and his ingenious spirit led him to pursue studies in a variety of subjects, such as architecture, anatomy, botany, painting, sculpture, geology and music. The most important lesson DaVinci's life has taught us is that art and science share the same roots of passion and creativity. The DaVinci Awards ... have therefore been established to recognize and reward websites, designs, projects and products that promote Renaissance ideals and a higher state of knowledge by merging Art and Science and by displaying... ...excellence in intellectually diverse content. Nominate a Website!

“And those men who are inventors and interpreters between Nature and man, as compared with boasters and declaimers of the works of others, must be regarded and not otherwise esteemed than as the object in front of a mirror, when compared with it’s image seen in the mirror. For the first is something in itself, and the other nothingness – Folks little indebted to Nature, since it is only by chance that they wear the human form and without it I might class them with the herd of beasts.” – Leonardo DaVinci

Website Title	Contact E-Mail	Comments	Award
Bodyworlds	bw1.pressoffice@plastination.com	An unbelievably striking exhibit of human anatomy using real bodies that have been plastinated and displayed in incredible ways. The exhibits are riveting. This is one of the most amazing methods by which the average person can see the human body in remakably accurate detail. This is truly groundbreaking! If you can find an exhibit near you, go see it! You will never forget it!
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception	N/A	The Exploratorium in San Francisco has done it! Over the top! Leonardo DaVinci would never want to leave! He'd work there for free!
C. P. Snow	N/A	For his book, "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution", originally delivered in the late 1950's as a lecture at Cambridge University.
NPR : National Public Radio	N/A	National Public Radio presses forward with new and unique perspectives. They have excelled in highlighting the works of those who cross the boundaries; http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111499
Bathsheba Sculpture	b@bathsheba.com	Bathsheba Grossman's website displays some beautiful examples of art and mathematics unified in sculpture. "I'm an artist exploring the region between art and mathematics,... . My work is about life in three dimensions: working with symmetry and balance, getting from a zero point to infinity, and always finding beauty in geometry."
City University of New York - Science & The Arts	N/A	Good stuff! These folks are doing tangible things (over 100 public events) to bring art and science together!
Eric J. Heller Gallery	slheller@comcast.net	Really nice examples of digital art. Their home page, "Where science inspires art and art informs science. Some of the best geometrically oriented digital art.
Mark Irons Home Page	N/A	Clean, efficient and informative. Mark seems like a fascinating guy, someone I'd really enjoy talking with over a fine Chianti . Lot's of fresh thinking here.
Parallel Worlds New Edition	drozd@tse60.com	Nice layout. Clean graphics and great color sets. This Site leans more toward the technical graphic arts and not so much science or technology.
Princeton University - Art of Science Gallery	N/A	Some very nice examples of highly technical imagery that has transcended to an art form.
Sabin+Jones LabStudio	jsabin@cabin-studio.com	LabStudio is a hybrid research and design unit based within the Institute for Medicine & Engineering, School of Design and the Nonlinear Systems Organization at The University of Pennsylvania. Their Mission is to produce new modes of thinking, working and creating in design and biomedicine through the modeling of dynamic, multi-dimensional systems with experiments in biology, applied mathematics, fabrication and material construction.
The Art of Renaissance Science	N/A	Very nice dissertation on the subject of
Art and Science Collaborations, Inc.	N/A	For an Art & Science website, this site is very "efficient". No real inspiration. The purpose of the site is commendable, but the presentation and the site itself are boring and less than inspiring.
Clifford A. Pickover's Home Page	pickover+web@gmail.com	The web page design itself its simple and indistinctive. The subject matter and the nice integration of art and science warrants a modest award..
Creative Science Centre	j.p.hare@sussex.ac.uk	A fun little website. Great for the kids and curious grown-ups. Jonathan has put some positive enrgy into this site!
Digarti digital art in a minimalist style	N/A	Lot's of good material and a very good cross-coupling of art and science topics. Website design itself is fairly plain.
Edutopia: What Works in Public Education	N/A	Edutopia is George Lucas' educational foundation. The website presents many good and innovative ideas regarding education for both teachers and students. They suggest paradigm shifts in howe education is organized and administered to more effectively education america.
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception	pubinfo@exploratorium.edu	The Exploratorium in San Francisco is one of the most amazing and memorable places you will ever go. It is REALLY great! When I was there I had to be torn away! The website, however, remains plain (though efficient) in it's presentation. I gave it a Bronze Award on the basis of the place it is, not the website.
National Public Radio	N/A	NPR has, for many years, been an exceptional advocate for accurate reporting of technical inforamtion and for presenting excellent musical programming that is off the mainstream.
New Scientist	N/A	Somewhat more on the technical side than being a truly inspired art and science blend, but still, very creative and a nice assortment of thought provoking articles, ideas and inspirations.
OBSERVER PHYSICS	dpedtech@dpedtech.com	Dr. White's interesting perspectives on Science and Humanities
Science-Art.com - Scientific, Nature and Medical Illustration	N/A	A great Site for medical and technical illustration. The art is not free, but you can contact the artists. High quality technical illustrations! The website is easily navigable, but the layout is "boxy".
The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery	kleinart@sciencecenter.org	Imagine being able to manufacture (almost) anything from your home – or at your office; from ceramic pottery to a custom iPod case. An upcoming show at the Klein Gallery at the Science Center will feature three dimensional works of art and design created from digital data.
The New York Times - Article	N/A	Binghamton University in New York receives a Silver Award for their efforts to create a curriculum that effectively responds to both the humanities and the sciences.
VideoJug	N/A	Another "You-Tube"-like site. I like the "how to" nature of it, and the diversity of content. I found myself learning things I didn't realize I wanted to know.
WebExhibits	N/A	A very nice section on the use of light and color by artists over the last several centuries