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In the 1800s mathematicians introduced a formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the theory of equations. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences, and its applications range across the entire subject. Symmetry governs the structure of crystals, innumerable types of pattern formation, how systems change their state as parameters vary; and fundamental physics is governed by symmetries in the laws of nature. It is highly visual, with applications that include animal markings, locomotion, evolutionary biology, elastic buckling, waves, the shape of the Earth, and the form of galaxies. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart demonstrates its deep implications, and shows how it plays a major role in the current search to unify relativity and quantum theory.**About the Series:** The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of...

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Author

Stewart, Ian

Publisher

OUP Oxford;Oxford University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199651986

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.29 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14