Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Quote by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

“One may ask the question as to the extent to which the quest for beauty is an aim in the pursuit of science. . . . It is, indeed, an incredible fact that what the human mind, at its deepest and most profound, perceives as beautiful finds its realization in external nature. What is intelligible is also beautiful.”

Quote by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Create image

Author

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist and physicist renowned for his research on stellar evolution and black hole theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937 and became one of the youngest recipients of the award. more

You May Also Like

“Why should there be the method of science? There is not just one way to build a house, or even to grow tomatoes. We should not expect something as motley as the growth of knowledge to be strapped to one methodology.”

WayShouldScienceHouseGrowsGrowthMethodMathPhysicsOne WayJust OneTomatoesMethodology
Book:Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science
Create image

“Next you'd see a raft sliding by, away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping. . . you'd see the ax flash and come down-you don't hear nothing; you see the ax go up again, and by the time it's above the man's head then you hear the k'chunk!-it had took all that time to come over the water.”

MenScienceNextWaterMathPhysicsFlashChunksChopping
Book:The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays
Create image