A Beautiful Question Finding Nature's Deep Design (eBook)

Is it true that beauty rules the world? This question has been asked by thinkers, artists, and scientists throughout the history of mankind. On the pages of a magnificently illustrated book, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek shares his reflections on the beauty of the universe and scientific ideas. Step by step, starting with the ideas of the Greek philosophers and ending with the modern main theory of the unification of interactions and the directions of its probable development, the author shows the ideas of beauty and symmetry underlying the physical concepts. The heroes of his research are Pythagoras, and Plato, and Newton, and Maxwell, and Einstein. Finally, this is Emmy Noether, who derived conservation laws from symmetries, and a great galaxy of physicists of the 20th century. Unlike many popularizers, Frank Wilczek is not afraid of formulas and knows how to show the most complex things on his fingers, infecting us with humor and a sense of wonder.