Symmetry plays an essential role in science - not only in crystallography and quantum theory, where its role has long been explicitly recognized, but also in co
When we use science to describe and understand the world around us, we are in essence grasping nature through symmetry. Emphasizing the concepts, this book lead
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An engaging exploration of beauty in physics, with a foreword by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Roger Penrose The concept of symmetry has widespread manifestat