Beauty in Science 
                                                                                           Blog Entry #2
                                                                                       Makayla Gallimore 


What is beauty? What is science? Everyone has their own idea of beauty. Not all of science is beautiful but the function of it is beautiful in its own way. The most healthiest bacteria are not attractive but the benefits it has on our bodies is gorgeous. I found this fascinating article called Beauty & Science by Marilyn Kane. She said , “ The scientist reach the conclusion that nature is beautiful through experimentation and theorizing, in which case one might say the scientist started off investigating matters without being sure whether the investigations would yield results worth knowing.” There is beauty in the process and journey of discovering the unknown in science. That is what I consider beautiful. Beauty is not all about how something looks. Another idea Marilyn discovered from these scientists was that there is beauty in truth and theory.   











      






 In another article I discovered called Science is Beauty by Paul O’ Hara he describes , “ When analysed we discover that 'beautiful faces' have all sorts of mathematical and geometrical proportions, symmetries and relationships.” In fact humans are science. We are just a bunch of atoms moving together with attractive forces. Humans are an exquisite creation on this earth. We are such complex creatures that have so many layers to us internally and externally. Humans are beautiful in all shapes, sizes and proportions. I love how O’ Hara mentions, “ A true scientist is in-love with the nuts and bolts of life, of our universe, and how all those nuts and bolts fit together.” Scientists create the dialogue between us humans and the world. They are the ones who describes the true beauty around us through mathematics, physics, biology, and anatomy. They are discover the beauty around us. 





     The final article I read was called Elegance in Science : The Beauty of Simplicity by Ian Glynn. 
Glynn discussed how , “ The ‘theorem of Pythagoras’ has been around for two and a half millennia, though it is not clear that Pythagoras either discovered it or proved it, and it seems to have been known by the Babylonians earlier. It says that in any right-angled triangle the square on the hypotenuse—the side opposite the right angle—is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.” This in itself is beauty, and symmetry. The sides and angles all dealt with angles. Calculating the exact angles for these shapes has help architects build in a beautiful aesthetic way. There is science behind the beautiful proportions of a shape or building. To conclude, the theory, mathematics, physics, anatomy, and research all contributes to the beauty of science. 

  





























Citations 

Glynn, Ian. Elegance in Science : The Beauty of Simplicity. OUP Oxford, 2010. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,uid&db=nlebk&AN=543100&site=eds-li

Kane, Marilyn. “Beauty & Science.” Philosophy Now: a Magazine of Ideas, philosophynow.org/issues/17/Beauty_and_Science.

O' Hara, Paul. “Science Is Beauty.” Unimed Living, www.unimedliving.com/science/our-love-for-science/science-is-beauty.html.


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