{"product_id":"fearful-symmetry-a-zee-9780691173269","title":"Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging exploration of beauty in physics, with a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe concept of symmetry has widespread manifestations and many diverse applications--from architecture to mathematics to science. Yet, as twentieth-century physics has revealed, symmetry has a special, central role in nature, one that is occasionally and enigmatically violated. \u003ci\u003eFearful Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e brings the incredible discoveries of the juxtaposition of symmetry and asymmetry in contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how contemporary theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, \u003ci\u003eFearful Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e describes the majestic sweep and accomplishments of twentieth-century physics--one of the greatest chapters in the intellectual history of humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Zee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691173265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691173269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Anthony Zee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043542233343,"sku":"9780691173269","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_741bbc05-e37d-4e14-a162-54ce26f2090f.jpg?v=1684967755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fearful-symmetry-a-zee-9780691173269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}