Ian Stewart (Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick Universit

Symmetry

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart highlights the deep implications of symmetry and its important scientific applications across the entire subject.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 146g
• ISBN-13: 9780199651986
• ISBN-10: 0199651981
• Artikelnr.: 36919528

Autorenporträt

Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. He is a well-established communicator of mathematics, and the author of over 80 books, including several on the subject of symmetry. His summary of the problems of mathematics, From Here to Infinity, and collections of his columns from Scientific American (How to Cut a Cake, Cows in the Maze), have been very successful, and his recent book Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, has been a bestseller.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: What is symmetry?
2: Origins of symmetry
3: Types of symmetry
4: Structure of groups
5: Groups and games
6: Nature's patterns
7: Nature's laws
8: Atoms of symmetry
Further reading
References