Truth or Beauty
Science and the Quest for Order
Questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired - and have sometimes misled - scientists attempting to understand nature. The author also shows how the ancient Greeks constructed a concept of the world based on musical harmony.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-300-18661-1
- EAN: 9780300186611
- Produktnummer: 12982903
- Verlag: Yale University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.8 cm 598 g
- Gewicht: 598
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
David Orrell is an applied mathematician and popular author. In early 2012, he completed an honorary visiting research fellowship at the Oxford University Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.
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