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At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. <i>In Why Beauty Is Truth</i>, world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study. Stewart introduces us to such characters as the Renaissance Italian genius, rogue, scholar, and gambler Girolamo Cardano, who stole the modern method of solving cubic equations and published it in the first important book on algebra
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- Author
- Stewart, Ian
- Publisher
- Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465008759
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Fiction, Physics
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (32 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Why Beauty Is Truth : a History of Symmetry (2007)
- Why Beauty Is Truth : The History of Symmetry (2008)
- Die Macht der Symmetrie: Warum Schönheit Wahrheit ist (2013)
- Güzellik Neden Gerçekliktir - Simetrinin Tarihi (2015)
- Истина и красота : всемирная история симметрии Istina i krasota : vsemirnaia istoriia simmetrii (2010)
- Why Beauty Is Truth : a History of Symmetry (2014)
- Why Beauty Is Truth : The History of Symmetry (2007)
- Die Macht der Symmetrie: Warum Schönheit Wahrheit ist (2008)
- Why Beauty Is Truth : a History of Symmetry (2008)
- Истина и красота : всемирная история симметрии Istina i krasota : vsemirnaia istoriia simmetrii (2007)
- Ian Stewart Die Macht der Symmetrie Warum SchoÌnheit Wahrheit ist (2016)
- Why Beauty Is Truth : The History of Symmetry (2014)
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