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Simplicity vs. complexity: Beauty in physics and biology

Simplicity vs. complexity: Beauty in physics and biology

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Mar 21, 2022
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Earlier, we talked about how notoriously difficult it is to define beauty. People tend to use the term to refer to whatever they find pleasing, and there’s been no consensus among philosophers over the centuries. But scientists, not surprisingly, are a bit more precise in their use of the term as it relates to their work.

Through interviews with hundreds…

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