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Aesthetic Motivation in Quantum Physics: Past and Present

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.09413v1
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:45:33 GMT
Title: Aesthetic Motivation in Quantum Physics: Past and Present
Authors: Henrik Zinkernagel
Abstract summary: This essay focuses on the relations between aesthetics and motivation, primarily in quantum physics, focusing on the notions of play, beauty, and the joy of insight. The motivating role of these notions is examined both historically among the quantum pioneers and contemporarily, based on a series of interviews, among physicists associated with the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.
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Abstract: This essay explores the relations between aesthetics and motivation, primarily in quantum physics, focusing on the notions of play, beauty, and the joy of insight. The motivating role of these notions is examined both historically among the quantum pioneers and contemporarily, based on a series of interviews, among physicists associated with the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.

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