The Magic Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Initiative presents Quantum Leaps: Science, Art and Creativity tonight in San Francisco. The colloquium - featuring leading scientists sharing their experiences and visions with an audience of artists and other creative thinkers - is designed to to convey the significance, excitement and drama inherent in a wide range of scientific endevours and discoveries, and to inspire new creative works exploreing the worlds of science and technology.

I'll report tomorrow on the implications for neuroesthetics, the study of the neurological basis of artistic creativity and achievement. For those new to Brain Waves I recommend reading an article I wrote last year in the Lancet Neurology on Art, Emotions and the Brain, if this topic interests you.

A special thanks to Bruce Jenett at Heller Ehrman for inviting us.