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Frank Wilczek — Beauty as a Compass for Truth

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Is There a Beauty in Mathematics?

I'm a sunny kind of personyes. But i don't think it way people think of a noble prize winning physicist. In some cases, i think of that sense of fun and light. I have the feeling for how things might be different and better. Your making a discovery is not just stumbling into something; It's realizing that you've got it and bringing it to the world. That requires a perception of its beauty....

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