What does M.C. Esher's work have to do with Science?

Question

I know it has something to do with math. But what does it have to do with Science?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher

http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/

from....
http://www.answers.com/topic/m-c-escher

"In the 1960s, Escher's visual illusions and paradoxes found a new audience among academics who were questioning conventional views of human perception and exploring alternative views of nature. Escher's work was seen as relevant to new views of geology, chemistry, and psychology as well as to more inclusive views of the physical relationships of time and space. "

and...

"In the 1980s, Escher's work reached another audience with the publication of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter that used many features of his work as examples of "Strange Loops," intricate structures and forms that paradoxically represent an endless process in a finite way. "

to me, then, his works sometimes show how there's 'no beginning and no end' to more than we realize... eg.. the Universe.....

the man was a whiz!!!...read more on that last link....

Answer 2

If you study M.C. Escher's paintings carefully, you will notice that almost all of them have themes relating to biology, structural engineering, hydraulic engineering, or some related field. In most cases he is using scientific principles to fantasize impossible things, but he is, in his way, always true to science.

And, as you mention, he is a consummate student of geometry and computational methods.

Answer 3

He drew things that are impossible in Science

Answer 4

Some of his prints show curved surfaces (non-euclidian geometry) that is very important in physics, like relativity