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Famous Physicists on Mysticism #3: “Science and the Beautiful” by Werner Heisenberg

Sunday, January 9, 2011

I would like to express again, for those who missed the first two installments of this series, that the views expressed within the essays are those of the physicists who wrote them, not me. It’s called “Famous Physicists on Mysticism,” not “Isis on Mysticism.” This essay is one of my favourite, and it is partly [...]

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Platonic Solids in Nature

Monday, August 30, 2010

Platonic solids, or regular convex polyhedra, are named after the Greek philosopher Plato who theorized that the five classical elements (Empedocles’ wind, water, fire, and earth, with an added element for spirit) were actually comprised of regular polyhedra. They are five in number and named for the number of faces they exhibit. They are the [...]

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