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Why beauty is truth

Hardcover • 2007 • English

Why beauty is truth

By Ian Stewart

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About the book

At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth , world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study. Stewart introduces us to such characters as the Renaissance Italian genius, rogue, scholar, and gambler Girolamo Cardano, who stole the modern method of solving cubic equations and published it in the first important book on algebra, and ...Show more

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9780465082360

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Why beauty is truth

Format

Hardcover

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