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Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
Anthony Zee
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Description for Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 halftones. 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
The concept of symmetry has widespread manifestations and many diverse applications--from architecture to mathematics to science. Yet, as twentieth-century physics has revealed, symmetry has a special, central role in nature, one that is occasionally and enigmatically violated. Fearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of the juxtaposition of symmetry and asymmetry in contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how contemporary theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, Fearful Symmetry describes the majestic sweep ... Read more
The concept of symmetry has widespread manifestations and many diverse applications--from architecture to mathematics to science. Yet, as twentieth-century physics has revealed, symmetry has a special, central role in nature, one that is occasionally and enigmatically violated. Fearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of the juxtaposition of symmetry and asymmetry in contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how contemporary theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, Fearful Symmetry describes the majestic sweep ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princeton Science Library
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691173269
SKU
V9780691173269
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About Anthony Zee
A. Zee is professor of physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell and Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell (both Princeton).
Reviews for Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
Zee's exposition of the intuitive use by modern theoretical physicists of the concept of symmetry ... in order to fathom nature's laws is superb scientific reading.
Publishers Weekly [Zee] demonstrates effortless competence over a wide area of theoretical physics. He also displays great enthusiasm and excitement for his subject, which many readers will find infectious.
James W. McAllister, ISIS, ... Read more
Publishers Weekly [Zee] demonstrates effortless competence over a wide area of theoretical physics. He also displays great enthusiasm and excitement for his subject, which many readers will find infectious.
James W. McAllister, ISIS, ... Read more