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This amazingly symmetrical world.

By:

Tarasov, L

Contributor(s):

Repyev, Alexander [Translator]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Moscow Mir Publishers 1986Description: 164 p. cmSubject(s):

Mathematics- Symmetry

Other classification:

B23:3.1.N86 M6/SC

Summary: Here is a fascinating and non-technical introduction to ubiquitous effects of symmetry. Starting with geometrical elements of symmetry, the author reveals the beauty of symmetry in the laws of physics, biology, astronomy and chemistry. He shows that symmetry and asymmetry form the foundations of relativity, quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and atomic, sub-atomic and elementary particle physics and so on.

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Here is a fascinating and non-technical introduction to ubiquitous effects of symmetry. Starting with geometrical elements of symmetry, the author reveals the beauty of symmetry in the laws of physics, biology, astronomy and chemistry. He shows that symmetry and asymmetry form the foundations of relativity, quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and atomic, sub-atomic and elementary particle physics and so on.

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