Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics

Autori

• Anthony Zee
• Roger Penrose

Parametri

• Saggistica
• Scienza e Matematica
• Scienze Naturali
• Scienze sociali
• Tematica filosofica
• Princeton science library

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2007