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Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics
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Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics

by Anthony Zee, 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.

Accession 11728 ISBN 9780691173269 Publisher Princeton University Press
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