Fearful symmetry : is God a geometer?
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Fearful symmetry : is God a geometer?
Blackwell, c1992
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Sequel to: Does God play dice?
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Many philosophers have been impressed by the patterns in the physical world and have seen God as a mathematician. However, it is the breaking of symmetry that is responsible for nature's patterns. This work examines an array of natural phenomena to show the importance of broken symmetries. In doing so, it addresses some of the deepest concepts of modern physics - the arrow of time, the handedness of life, and the origins of biological form.
Table of Contents
- Geometer God
- what is symmetry
- where did it go
- forever stones
- striped water
- the universe and anything
- Turing's tiger
- the patterns of tiny feet
- icons of chaos
- well, is She. Appendices: equations for icons
- computer programs for quilts.
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