1987 TruthandBeautyAestheticsandMoti

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Subject Headings: Truth, Beauty, Aesthetics, Science.

Notes

  • It is collection of essays that Chandrasekhar wrote on the nature of science, the role of beauty in science, and the motivations of scientists.
  • It argues that science is a quest for truth, but that it is also a quest for beauty.
  • It argues that the pursuit of beauty can lead to scientific progress, as it can help scientists to see patterns and connections that they might otherwise miss.

Cited By

Table of Contents

Preface
1. The Scientist [1946]
2. The Pursuit of Science: Its Motivations [1985]
3. THE NORA AND EDWARD RYERSON LECTURE
Shakespeare, Newton, and Beethoven, or Patterns of Creativity [1975]
4. Beauty and the Quest for Beauty in Science [1979]
5. MILNE LECTURE
Edward Arthur Milne: His Part in the Development of Modern Astrophysics [1979]
6. ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON CENTENARY LECTURES [1982]
Eddington: The Most Distinguished Astrophysicist of His Time
Eddington: The Expositor and the Exponent of General Relativity
7. KARL SCHWARZSCHILD LECTURE
The Aesthetic Base of the General Theory of Relativity [1986]

Quotes

What a scientist tries to do essentially is to select a certain domain … and see if that takes its appropriate place in a general scheme which has form and coherence; and, if not, to seek further information which would help him to do that.

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... the scientist is motivated by a desire to understand the universe, and this desire is ultimately rooted in a sense of beauty. ...

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References


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 AuthorvolumeDate ValuetitletypejournaltitleUrldoinoteyear
1987 TruthandBeautyAestheticsandMotiSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995)Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science1987