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Where scientists encounter beauty at work – and when it matters

Where scientists encounter beauty at work – and when it matters

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Apr 04, 2022
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In a previous post, we looked at what scientists mean by beauty in their work. They often talked properties of scientific objects and phenomena—symmetry, elegance, complexity, and so on— as well as experiences of insight: discovering the hidden order or inner logic of things. Let’s now look at where in their work they encounter such beauty.

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