Fearful Symmetry

副标题: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics

ISBN: 9780691009469

出版社: Princeton University Press

出版年: 1999-12-14

定价: USD 19.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Fearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how today's theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, the book describes the majestic sweep and accomplishments of twentieth-century physics. In the end, we stand in awe before the grand vision of modern physics--one of the greatest chapters in the intellectual history of humankind.