Elegant Science

ABSTRACT Elegance is a prized quality in science that is associated with simplicity and explanatory power. This essay considers the qualities that make a scientific model, experiment, method, or theory “elegant,” with a focus on the life sciences. We propose a definition of elegance that includes cl...

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Main Authors: Arturo Casadevall, Ferric C. Fang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c64930b6a7c34a81a7709ff58e17b49c
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