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Insanity and genius : masks of madness and the mapping of meaning and value / Harry Eiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eiss, Harry Edwin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truth (Aesthetics).
- Genius and mental illness.
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (761 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In his book about the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson wrote, ""So we had lunch, telling ourselves that a structure this beautiful just had to exist."" Indeed, the quest most often asked by scientists about a scientific theory is ""Is it beautiful?"" Yes, beauty equals truth. Scientists know, mathematicians know. But the beauties, the truths of mathematics and science were not the truths that inspired the author as a child, and he intuitively knew that the truths he needed come fr...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; A FEW NOTES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6086-7
- OCLC:
- 881416930
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