Elegance in Science Elegance in Science

Elegance in Science

The beauty of simplicity

Ian Glynn
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Publisher Description

The elegance in science is not always obvious, but it does play an important role. Here, Ian Glynn selects historical examples from a wide range of sciences to draw out the principle of elegance, highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in science, and relating it to important philosophical issues related to inference to the best explanation.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2013
February 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
9.3
MB

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