Sciences "most beautiful theories". Fascinating!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46005937/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.TxPHhKWLssI
NEW YORK — From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world's most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself.
Every January, John Brockman, the impresario and literary agent who presides over the online salon Edge.org, asks his circle of scientists, digerati and humanities scholars to tackle one question.