Reflections on Keats' equation
| Autor: | Rutherford Aris |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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| Zdroj: | Chemical Engineering Science. 52:2447-2455 |
| ISSN: | 0009-2509 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0009-2509(97)00064-x |
| Popis: | Starting from the well known line of Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn, the question of whether aesthetic considerations play any role in engineering is examined. Dirac claimed a place for them in physics and it is generally conceded that mathematicians recognize that elegance has a legitimate role in mathematics. Relating this to the engineer's craft of mathematical modelling brings in the power and beauty of the dimensionless parameter. Though beauty may not be a certain guide to truth, the exercise of mathematical modelling as a craft certainly leads to the enjoyment of it. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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