Frank Wilczek Beauty as a Compass for Truth

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 7:05 p.m.

b'\\u201cHaving tasted beauty at the heart of the world, we hunger for more.\\u201d These are words from Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek in his book, A Beautiful Question. It\\u2019s a winsome, joyful meditation on the question: Do cosmic realities embody beautiful ideas? \\u2014 probing the world, by way of science, as a work of art. He reminds us that time and space, mystery and order, are so much stranger and more generous than we can comprehend. He\\u2019s now written a wonderful new book, Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality.'