It is more important to have beauty in the equations of physics than to have them agree with experiments”. The great British physicist P. A. M. Dirac held this view. Criticize this statement. Look out for some equations and results in this book which strike you as beautiful.
The statement in the given question is partially correct. Any equation in physics which agrees with experiment is not always simple and beautiful. For instance: The mass energy relation E = mc2 Newton’s equation F = ma are simple and beautiful. But the equations involved in the theory of relativity or in higher physics are not simple and beautiful. The given statement is valid in some of the equations and in some of the cases it is not important to have beauty. But it is always required to have them agree with experiments. Hence, the statement is partially true.
