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Fearful Symmetry brings 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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Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics, Anthony Zee, Roger Penrose
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anthony Zee, Roger Penrose
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0691009465
- ISBN13
- 9780691009469
- Series
- Collection
- Princeton science library
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, Physics
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Fearful Symmetry brings 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.