Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
A. Zee
Fearful Symmetrybrings the incredible discoveries of contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how today's theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, the book describes the majestic sweep and accomplishments of twentieth-century physics. In the end, we stand in awe before the grand vision of modern physics--one of the greatest chapters in the intellectual history of humankind.
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Year:
2000
Edition:
Paperback
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
336
ISBN 10:
0691009465
ISBN 13:
9780691009469
File:
PDF, 19.98 MB
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english, 2000