Insanity and Genius : Masks of Madness and the Mapping of Meaning and Value.
In his book about the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson wrote, ""So we had lunch, telling ourselves that a structure this beautiful just had to exist."" Indeed, the quest most often asked by scientists about a scientific theory is ""Is it beautiful?"&...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2014.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In his book about the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson wrote, ""So we had lunch, telling ourselves that a structure this beautiful just had to exist."" Indeed, the quest most often asked by scientists about a scientific theory is ""Is it beautiful?"" Yes, beauty equals truth. Scientists know, mathematicians know. But the beauties, the truths of mathematics and science were not the truths that inspired the author as a child, and he intuitively knew that the truths he needed come fr ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (761 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
ISBN: | 9781443860864 1443860867 9781443858854 1443858854 |