The Beauty of Equations

Paul Dirac

"The laws of nature should be expressed in beautiful equations"

He combined quantum mechanics and special relativity to explain how electrons behave

Einstein struggled to master tensor calculus when working on the general theory of relativity

"Most equations are messy, ugly, complicated, bound to give you headache"

Jim Al-Khalili explains the satisfaction he felt when his pages and pages of dense algebra reduced to a set of neat equations that TOLD him something new about the workings of nature.

"Get the code clean and let it TELL us what to do", Woody Zuill

Mathematical equations are the language of physics

Beautiful equations are derived, by laborious process using mathematical tools

Simplification happens at the end

Beauty of equation transcend culture and time

What is Beauty in Mathematics ?

Beauty satisfies the craving of the mind for regularity, simplicity and predictability

Code is the language of our software

Clean code emerges, by  constant refactoring using technical tools

Cleanliness happens at the end: "make it work, make it clean"

Clean code transcend culture and time

 

What is Clean Code ?

Clean code satisfies the craving of the mind for regularity, simplicity and predictability

Does quest for beauty lead to clean code?

Is Software Craftsmanship a quest for beauty?

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