Elegance in Science

Auteur: Glynn, Ian (Emeritus Professor of Physiology at Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
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.
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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.
ISBN / EAN 9780199578627
Auteur Glynn, Ian (Emeritus Professor of Physiology at Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society)
Editeur Oxford University Press