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