Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Stewart, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0199651981 ISBN 13: 9780199651986

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2013

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"In his usual manner, noted mathematician and prolific writer Stewart shares mathematical ideas in an enjoyable context. Overall, a good read for anyone wanting to know about symmetries. Highly recommended." -J. Johnson, Western Washington University, CHOICE

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In the 1800s mathematicians introduced a formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the theory of equations. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences, and its applications range across the entire subject. Symmetry governs the structure of crystals, innumerable types of pattern formation, how systems change their state as parameters vary; and fundamental physics is governed by symmetries in the laws of nature.

It is highly visual, with applications that include animal markings, locomotion, evolutionary biology, elastic buckling, waves, the shape of the Earth, and the form of galaxies. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart demonstrates its deep implications, and shows how it plays a major role in the current search to unify relativity and quantum theory.

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• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199651981
• ISBN 13: 9780199651986
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160