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Scientific pictures are often not just about science. They may... have an undeniable aesthetic quality. They may even have been primarily works of art that possess a scientific message.

— John D. Barrow Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science (2008)

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We are products of a past world where sensitivities to certain things were a matter of life or death.

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There is a good deal more to Pythagorean musical theory than celestial harmony.

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The abstractions of Einstein's curved space and time gave rise to analogies and pictures that played a new explanatory role.

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The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos (2011)

Just focusing on what exists now seems a bit exclusive.

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