Author

Publication

2012 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

87,000 words, Guess

Page Count

348 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCQ175.32.A47

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Truth or BeautyYale University Press2012-01-01

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