Insanity and Genius : Masks of Madness and the Mapping of Meaning and Value.

By:

Eiss, Harry Edwin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (761 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781443860864
1443860867
9781443858854
1443858854

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Insanity and Genius : Masks of Madness and the Mapping of Meaning and Value.DDC classification:

111.85

LOC classification:

BH301.T77

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Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; A FEW NOTES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; INDEX

Summary: In his book about the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson wrote, ""So we had lunch, telling ourselves that a structure this beautiful just had to exist."" Indeed, the quest most often asked by scientists about a scientific theory is ""Is it beautiful?"" Yes, beauty equals truth. Scientists know, mathematicians know. But the beauties, the truths of mathematics and science were not the truths that inspired the author as a child, and he intuitively knew that the truths he needed come fr ...

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In his book about the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson wrote, ""So we had lunch, telling ourselves that a structure this beautiful just had to exist."" Indeed, the quest most often asked by scientists about a scientific theory is ""Is it beautiful?"" Yes, beauty equals truth. Scientists know, mathematicians know. But the beauties, the truths of mathematics and science were not the truths that inspired the author as a child, and he intuitively knew that the truths he needed come fr ...

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; A FEW NOTES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; INDEX

English.

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