Marchetti, C. (1983). On the Beauty of Sex and the Truth of Mathematics. IIASA Professional Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: PP-83-002
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Abstract
Naive questions often call for sophisticated answers. Why flowers are beautiful always puzzled me. With the "why" I intend the philosophical "quia," the deep cause or connection. Not the "propter hoc," i.e. the actual contrivances through which that beauty is expressed.
Item Type: | Monograph (IIASA Professional Paper) |
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Research Programs: | System and Decision Sciences - Core (SDS) |
Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 01:54 |
Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:11 |
URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/2386 |
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