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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcus Du Sautoy |
| ISBN: | 0060789417 : 9780060789411 |
| OCLC Number: | 313373960 |
| Notes: | "First published in Great Britain as Finding Moonshine in 2008 by Fourth Estate."--T.p. verso. "First U.S. hardcover edition of this book was published in 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers."--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 376 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | August : endings and beginnings -- September : the next roll of the dice -- October : the palace of symmetry -- November : tribal gathering -- December : connections -- January : impossibilities -- February : revolution -- March : indivisible shapes -- April : sounding symmetry -- May : exploitation -- June : sporadic -- July : reflections. |
| Other Titles: | Finding Moonshine. |
| Responsibility: | Marcus du Sautoy. |
Abstract:
A mathematician draws on scientific findings about the role of symmetry in understanding the dynamic relationship between objects, exploring such topics as the theory of fundamental particles, the role of symmetry in evolutionary biology, and the discovery of an enormous dimensional space snowflake.
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