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Truth or Beauty: Science and the Quest for Order David Orrell
Truth or Beauty: Science and the Quest for Order
David Orrell
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.
304 pages, 15 black-&-white illustrations
| Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
| Lançado | 27 de novembro de 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300186611 |
| Editoras | Yale University Press |
| Páginas | 356 |
| Dimensões | 160 × 234 × 28 mm · 580 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |