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Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics / A. Zee ; with a new foreword by Roger Penrose

An exploration of the fundamental role of symmetry and its violations in twentieth-century theoretical physics. The text traces the search for beauty and simplicity in the natural world, detailing the intellectual history of modern scientific discovery.

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