Many philosophers have been impressed by the patterns in the physical world and have seen God as a mathematician. However, it is the breaking of symmetry that is responsible for nature's patterns. This work examines an array of natural phenomena to show the importance of broken symmetries. In doing so, it addresses some of the deepest concepts of modern physics - the arrow of time, the handedness of life, and the origins of biological form.
- ISBN10 0486477584
- ISBN13 9780486477589
- Publish Date 24 September 2010 (first published 18 June 1992)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dover Publications Inc.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English