Fearful symmetry : is God a geometer?

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Fearful symmetry : is God a geometer?

Ian Stewart and Martin Golubitsky

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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Details

  • NCID
    BA28161418
  • ISBN
    • 0631182519
  • LCCN
    91041784
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 287 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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