Truth or beauty : science and the quest for order
Orrell, David2013
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In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author 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.
Main title:
Truth or beauty : science and the quest for order / David Orrell.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2013.
Collation:
304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780300186611 (hbk)0300186614 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
560674