The Artful Universe Expanded
A Science, Nonfiction, Art book. I bought this book while living overseas and loved it.
Our love of art, writes John Barrow, is the end product of millions of years of evolution. How we react to a beautiful painting or symphony draws upon instincts laid down long before humans existed. Now, in this enhanced edition of the highly popular The Artful Universe, Barrow further explores the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe. Barrow argues that the laws of the Universe have imprinted themselves upon our thoughts and actions in subtle and unexpected ways. Why do we like certain types of...
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- Pages: 321 pages
- ISBN: 9780192805690 / 0
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I bought this book while living overseas and loved it. Ian I loved the premises and explorations of this book, even if I didn't always agree on the conclusions. Especially in the chapter on music, which is my area of expertise. The general concept that the way Universe is shaped, and the way it shaped humanity, has a guiding hand in our aesthetics, is solid, and a good framing to put around...
