| Title:
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FEARFUL SYMMETRY
IS GOD A GEOMETER? |
| By: |
Ian Stewart, M. Golubitsky |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£35.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631182519 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631182511 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1992 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Many philosophers have been impressed by the patterns in the physical world and have seen God as a mathematician. However, it is the breaking of symmetry that is responsible for nature's patterns. This work examines an array of natural phenomena to show the importance of broken symmetries. |
| Synopsis: |
Many philosophers have been impressed by the patterns in the physical world and have seen God as a mathematician. However, it is the breaking of symmetry that is responsible for nature's patterns. This work examines an array of natural phenomena to show the importance of broken symmetries. In doing so, it addresses some of the deepest concepts of modern physics - the arrow of time, the handedness of life, and the origins of biological form. |
| Illustrations: |
85 figures, 57 half-tones, 4pp colour plates |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |