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Truth or Beauty - David Orrell - Bog

- Science and the Quest for Order

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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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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780300186611
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 356
  • Udgivet:
  • 27. november 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 160x234x28 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 598 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 10. december 2024

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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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