1987 TruthandBeautyAestheticsandMoti

• (Chandrasekhar, 1987) ⇒ Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. (1987). “Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science.” University of Chicago Press Chicago.

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.

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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

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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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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
1987 TruthandBeautyAestheticsandMoti	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995)			Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science						1987