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The Beauty of General Relativity

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The author proposes to add another dichotomy to the list of essential tensions proposed by Professor Duda, namely beauty and ugliness. Physicists believe that only beautiful theories describe the world correctly, and that General Relativity is one of the most beautiful physical theories. The author explains why physicists regard this theory as beautiful.

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  1. Center for Astrophysics, China University of Science and Technology Hefei, China

    Wu Zhong Chao

  2. Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State

    Wu Zhong Chao

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Chao, W.Z. The Beauty of General Relativity. Foundations of Science 2, 61–64 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009623126300

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