{"product_id":"a-beautiful-question-finding-natures-deep-design-paperback","title":"A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Wilczek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes the universe embody beautiful ideas?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this \"beautiful question.\" With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek's groundbreaking work in quantum physics was inspired by his intuition to look for a deeper order of beauty in nature. This is the deep logic of the universe--and it is no accident that it is also at the heart of what we find aesthetically pleasing and inspiring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wilczek is hardly alone among great scientists in charting his course using beauty as his compass. As he reveals in \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Question\u003c\/i\u003e, this has been the heart of scientific pursuit from Pythagoras and the ancient belief in the music of the spheres to Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and into the deep waters of twentieth-century physics. Wilczek brings us right to the edge of knowledge today, where the core insights of even the craziest quantum ideas apply principles we all understand. The equations for atoms and light are almost the same ones that govern musical instruments and sound; the subatomic particles that are responsible for most of our mass are determined by simple geometric symmetries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gorgeously illustrated, \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Question\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind-shifting book that braids the age-old quest for beauty and the age-old quest for truth into a thrilling synthesis. It is a dazzling and important work from one of our best thinkers, whose humor and infectious sense of wonder animate every page. Yes: The world is a work of art, and its deepest truths are ones we already feel, as if they were somehow written in our souls.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Wilczek\u003c\/b\u003e won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for work he did as a graduate student. He was among the earliest MacArthur fellows, and has won many awards both for his scientific work and his writing. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Question\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lightness of Being\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFantastic Realities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLonging for the Harmonies\u003c\/i\u003e, and hundreds of articles in leading scientific journals. His Wilczek's Universe column appears regularly in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Wilczek is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founding director of the T. D. Lee Institute and chief scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center in Shanghai, China, and a distinguished professor at Arizona State University and Stockholm University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724652908607,"sku":"9780143109365","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e3c84dd3f6b880eb0df9502676420eaf.webp?v=1765103424","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-beautiful-question-finding-natures-deep-design-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}