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A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature s Deep Design

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Frank Wilczek A Beautiful Question Finding Nature s Deep Design Penguin Press (2015)

Author(s): Frank Wilczek
Series: Nature s Deep Design
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year: 2015

Language: English
Commentary: Frank Wilczek A Beautiful Question Finding Nature s Deep Design Penguin Press (2015)
Pages: 510
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Advance Praise for A Beautiful Question......Page 2
Also by Frank Wilczek......Page 4
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
USER’S MANUAL......Page 11
THE QUESTION......Page 12
PYTHAGORAS I: THOUGHT AND OBJECT......Page 27
PYTHAGORAS II: NUMBER AND HARMONY......Page 37
PLATO I: STRUCTURE FROM SYMMETRY—PLATONIC SOLIDS......Page 46
PLATO II: ESCAPING THE CAVE......Page 63
NEWTON I: METHOD AND MADNESS......Page 83
NEWTON II: COLOR......Page 96
NEWTON III: DYNAMIC BEAUTY......Page 104
MAXWELL I: GOD’S ESTHETICS......Page 120
MAXWELL II: THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION......Page 142
PRELUDE TO SYMMETRY......Page 164
QUANTUM BEAUTY I: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES......Page 167
SYMMETRY I: EINSTEIN’S TWO-STEP......Page 194
QUANTUM BEAUTY II: EXUBERANCE......Page 203
SYMMETRY II: LOCAL COLOR......Page 216
QUANTUM BEAUTY III: BEAUTY AT THE CORE OF NATURE......Page 218
SYMMETRY III: EMMY NOETHER—TIME, ENERGY, AND SANITY......Page 268
QUANTUM BEAUTY IV: IN BEAUTY WE TRUST......Page 283
A BEAUTIFUL ANSWER?......Page 308
Plates......Page 317
Acknowledgments......Page 374
Timelines......Page 376
Terms of Art......Page 383
Notes......Page 451
Recommended Reading......Page 467
Illustration Credits......Page 470
Index......Page 473