Yet today, when science and art seem as far apart as East and West, in the bird-and-flower and landscape paintings of the Song we can see the spirit of scientific research; and in da Vinci's sketches of the human body we see both scientific investigation into human anatomy and a return to aesthetic contemplations.
在科學與藝術像東西兩端遙遠的今天，我們卻可在宋代的花鳥、山水畫裡，看見科學的研究精神；而達文西對人體的描繪，則是經由解剖的科學檢視，又回到美學的思索。