Beauty and Science. Where's the connection? Doesn't science have more to do with the quantifiable, the verifiable, and the applicable than with beauty?The relationship between scientific discovery and the pursuit of beauty has existed for centuries. In the earliest years of science these two concepts were inseparable. Beauty and truth walked hand in hand. Scientists used their instincts in determining the validity of their findings. An equation that "fell into place', or an object that was perfectly symmetrical, or an experiment with a pleasing result, because of its aesthetic appeal, was...