화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.52, No.15, 2447-2455, 1997
Reflections on Keats Equation
Starting from the well known line of Keats’ one on a Grecian Urn, the question of whether aesthetic considerations play any role in engineering is examined. Dirac claimed a place for them in physics and it is generally conceded that mathematicians recognize that elegance has a legitimate role in mathematics. Relating this to the engineer’s craft of mathematical modelling brings in the power and beauty of the dimensionless parameter. Though beauty may not be a certain guide to truth, the exercise of mathematical modelling as a craft certainly leads to the enjoyment of it.