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Fearful symmetry : is god a geometer?

by Ian Stewart, Martin Golubitsky

An investigation into symmetry in the natural world, examining patterns found in biological forms and meteorological phenomena. The text analyses the role of broken symmetries in modern physics and the fundamental laws of the universe.

Accession 16576 ISBN 0631182519 Publisher Blackwell Publishing
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Will open your eyes to the broken symmetries that lie all around you, from the shapes of clouds to the drops of dew on a spider's web, from centipedes to corn circles. -- blurb

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