Symmetry Rules How Science and Nature are founded on Symmetry /

• Main Author: Rosen, Joe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Aesthetics.; Group theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

When we use science to describe and understand the world around us, we are in essence grasping nature through symmetry. In fact, modern theoretical physics suggests that symmetry is a, if not the, foundational principle of nature. Emphasizing the concepts, this book leads the reader coherently and c...

Table of Contents:

• The Concept of Symmetry
• Science Is Founded on Symmetry
• Symmetry in Physics
• The Symmetry Principle
• Application of Symmetry
• Approximate Symmetry, Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
• Cosmic Considerations
• The Mathematics of Symmetry: Group Theory
• Group Theory Continued
• The Formalism of Symmetry
• Symmetry in Processes
• Summary of Principles.