Insanity and genius : masks of madness and the mapping of meaning and value / / Harry Eiss
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| Autore: |
Eiss Harry Edwin
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| Titolo: |
Insanity and genius : masks of madness and the mapping of meaning and value / / Harry Eiss
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (761 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 111.85 |
| Soggetto topico: | Truth (Aesthetics) |
| Genius and mental illness | |
| Meaning (Philosophy) | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; A FEW NOTES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Insanity and genius |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-6086-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791182903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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