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Physicists sometimes speak of the beauty of their equations. What do they mean by this? Is it the same sort of beauty we might find in a poem or other work of art? Our course will discuss such questions while reading general (accessible) essays by physicists such as Brian Greene, Richard Feynman, and Michio Kaku along with poetry (by poets ranging from Shakespeare and Keats to the most contemporary) which somehow addresses, exemplifies or complicates aspects of scientific thought. |
