Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science"What a splendid book! Reading it is a joy, and for me, at least, continuing reading it became compulsive. . . . Chandrasekhar is a distinguished astrophysicist and every one of the lectures bears the hallmark of all his work: precision, thoroughness, lucidity."—Sir Hermann Bondi, Nature The late S. Chandrasekhar was best known for his discovery of the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf star, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983. He was the author of many books, including The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes and, most recently, Newton's Principia for the Common Reader. |
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... space and time . Derived science , on the other hand , is concerned with the rational ordering of the multifarious aspects of natural phenomena in terms of the basic concepts . Stated in this manner , it is evident , first , that the ...
... space and time . Derived science , on the other hand , is concerned with the rational ordering of the multifarious aspects of natural phenomena in terms of the basic concepts . Stated in this manner , it is evident , first , that the ...
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... space and time implied by the general theory of relativity . In the same way , it is not impossible that the discovery by Hubble of the recession of extragalactic nebulae with velocities proportional to their distances may lead to ...
... space and time implied by the general theory of relativity . In the same way , it is not impossible that the discovery by Hubble of the recession of extragalactic nebulae with velocities proportional to their distances may lead to ...
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... space , and time . In other words , a scientist seeks continually to extend the domain of validity of certain basic concepts . In so doing , he attempts to discover the limitations , if any , of these same concepts , and in this way he ...
... space , and time . In other words , a scientist seeks continually to extend the domain of validity of certain basic concepts . In so doing , he attempts to discover the limitations , if any , of these same concepts , and in this way he ...
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Contents
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Its Motivations 1985 | 15 |
Shakespeare Newton and Beethoven or Patterns of Creativity 1975 | 29 |
4 Beauty and the Quest for Beauty in Science 1979 | 59 |
Edward Arthur Milne His Part in the Development of Modern Astrophysics 1979 | 74 |
1982 Eddington The Most Distinguished Astrophysicist of His Time | 93 |
The Aesthetic Base of the General Theory of Relativity 1986 | 144 |
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