The whole idea of it is it's all evolving. "The Higgs boson question (has changed), and there are new theories about how the moon got here. "What we liked about the questions, since they are mysteries and are evolving, a lot of them have updated answers," she says. Of course, this being science, things can change. Rothman says they had to make sure the text was readable to the average person, and Volvovski adds that they had a science librarian look over the material and check for accuracy. The art was only half the equation, of course. "It captured the essence of blushing for me," she says. The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science Lamothe, Matt Rothman, Julia Volvovski, Jenny 3. Volvovski is partial to Gilbert Ford's illustration that goes with the question, "Why do we blush?" He drew these cartoony things sliding back and forth." "They didn't do research, they just did it as they imagined it would look like. "There were so many that we were thrilled about, especially the ones where the artists had a lot of fun and didn't look at the accurate science," Rothman says. Some of the illustrations just jumped out at them, the authors say.
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