{"product_id":"fearful-symmetry-is-god-a-geometer-paperback","title":"Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Golubitsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating study explores a fundamental paradox behind the patterns of the natural world, in which symmetrical causes lead to asymmetrical effects. Lesser and greater patterns--the structure of subatomic particles, a tiger's stripes, the shapes of clouds, and the vibrations of the stars--are produced by broken symmetry. This accessible exploration of the physical and biological world employs the mathematical concepts of symmetry to consider the deepest questions of modern physics.\u003cbr\u003eAn active popularizer of mathematics, Ian Stewart is a university professor and former columnist for \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e's Mathematical Games column. Martin Golubitsky is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the Ohio State University, where he serves as Director of the Mathematical Biosciences Institute. Both authors share an interest in the application of new mathematical ideas to scientific problems. More than 120 figures illustrate their illuminating survey of the interaction of symmetry with dynamics and the mathematical unity of nature's patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Stewart, an active popularizer of mathematics, is Professor of Mathematics at England's University of Warwick and a former columnist for \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e's Mathematical Games column. In 1995, he won math's version of the Nobel Prize, the Michael Faraday Medal. Martin Golubitsky is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University, where he serves as Director of the Mathematical Biosciences Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Stewart: Winner of the Michael Faraday Medal \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor Emeritus at Britain's University of Warwick, and Fellow of the Royal Society, Ian Stewart has entertained and instructed readers with a few dozen books, five of which have found their way to Dover: \u003ci\u003eCatastrophe Theory and Its Applications\u003c\/i\u003e (with Tim Poston, 1996); \u003ci\u003eConcepts of Modern Mathematics, \u003c\/i\u003e (1995); \u003ci\u003eAnother Fine Math You've Got Me Into\u003c\/i\u003e (2003); \u003ci\u003eGame, Set and Math\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); and \u003ci\u003eFearful Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e (with Martin Golubitsky, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis overall output has been wide and various with books on 'straight' mathematics, mathematics teaching, science fiction, as well as a very popular three-volume series, \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Discworld, \u003c\/i\u003e with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Author's Own Words: \u003cbr\u003eBy the 18th century science had been so successful in laying bare the laws of nature that many thought there was nothing left to discover. Immutable laws prescribed the motion of every particle in the universe, exactly and forever: the task of the scientist was to elucidate the implications of those laws for any particular phenomenon of interest. Chaos gave way to a clockwork world. But the world moved on. . . . Today even our clocks are not made of clockwork. . . . With the advent of quantum mechanics, the clockwork world has become a lottery. Fundamental events, such as the decay of a radioactive atom, are held to be determined by chance, not law. -- Ian Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical Acclaim for \u003ci\u003eFearful Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis book's central theme involves two remarkably nonintuitive facts. First, a completely symmetric plane looks the same at every point and from every angle. We find this uninteresting and pay it no heed. Thus, what we detect as symmetry is, in fact, those symmetries that remain after the greater symmetry has been broken. Second, the study of symmetry is really the study of groups of transformations. Stewart and Golubitsky show how these modern mathematical concepts can be used to describe many of the most interesting features of the physical and biological world. This is not an easy book but well worth the effort. -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756216353056,"sku":"9780486477589","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e3016cff34598d5baa91c54efdb4d31.webp?v=1780076544","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fearful-symmetry-is-god-a-geometer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}