Longing for the harmonies : themes and variations from modern physics | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)
Summary:"Occasionally, there comes along a popular science book that both scientists and non-scientist can read with pleasure and profit, and this is one."—The New Yorker
Print Book, English, ©1988
Publisher: Norton, New York, ©1988
Physical Description:xvi, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780393024821, 0393024822
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:15366028
Contents:
Uniformity of parts
Uniformity of structure
Transformations
Inevitability
Quantal reality
Radical uniformity in microcosm
Transforming principles
Symmetry lost and symmetry found
Radical uniformity in macrocosm