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Wilczek, Frank, author.
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Science -- Aesthetics.
Harmony of the spheres.
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A beautiful question...
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A beautiful question [electronic resource] : finding nature's deep design / Frank Wilczek.
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Wilczek, Frank, author.
New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
Subjects
Physics -- Philosophy.
Science -- Aesthetics.
Harmony of the spheres.
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9780698195622 (electronic bk.)
0698195620 (electronic bk.)
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Contents:
The question -- Pythagoras I : thought and object -- Pythagoras II : number and harmony -- Plato I : structure from symmetry : Platonic solids -- Plato II : escaping the cave -- Newton I : method and madness -- Newton II : color -- Newton III : dynamic beauty -- Maxwell I : God's esthetics -- Maxwell II : the doors of perception -- Prelude to symmetry -- Quantum beauty I : music of the spheres -- Symmetry I : Einstein's two-step -- Quantum beauty II : exuberance -- Symmetry II : local color -- Quantum beauty III : beauty at the core of nature -- Symmetry III : Emmy Noether : time, energy, and sanity -- Quantum beauty IV : in beauty we trust -- A beautiful answer?
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A Beautiful Question is a mind-shifting book that braids the age-old questfor beauty and the age-old quest for truth into a thrilling synthesis. It is a dazzling and important work from one of our best thinkers, whose humor and infectious sense of wonder animate every page.Yes: The world is a work of art, and its deepest truths are ones we already feel, as if they were somehow written in our souls.
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