Question

According to great physicist P.A.M. Dirac "It is more important to have beauty in the equations of physics than to them agree with experiments." Criticize this statement. Look out for some equations and results in this book which strike you as beautiful.

Answer 1

There can be no contradiction in Dirac's statement. A basic equation of physics which agrees with experiment must necessarily be simple,easy to comprehend and therefore beautiful.The equation x =x₀ +vt, where x₀ is the displacement of the object at t = 0 (initially), an x is the displacement of the object at any time t, is an example of a beautiful equation.