Truth or Beauty
Beauty
Esthétique
Naturwissenschaften
Science, history
Science, philosophy
Modèles mathématiques
Mathematical physics
Sciences
Aesthetics
Science/Mathematics
Mathematical models
Philosophie
Science
Philosophy
History
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 harm…
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