Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction

by Ian Stewart

Book Overview

Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart demonstrates symmetry's deep implications, showing how it even plays a major role in the current search to unify relativity and quantum theory. Stewart, a respected mathematician as well as a widely known popular-science and science-fiction writer, brings to this volume his deep knowledge of the subject and his gift for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00CZ9Q2II
• ISBN13: 9780199651986
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.8"