Consilience

Consilience is a noun that refers to the overlap between different fields of study. Our word of the day combines the Latin prefix C-O-N, meaning ‘together,’ and ‘silient,’ (SEE lee ant) meaning ‘to leap.’ Together they get a word that refers to ‘leaping’ or working together. This book would not have been possible without the consilience of the science department and the art department. There’s no other way to understand the science of Renaissance sculpture without combining the efforts of these disciplines.