The equation that couldn't be solved : how mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry / Mario Livio.
Imprint
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, c2006.
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Status
CCQ - Lusail Male Library
QA174.2
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Edition
1st paperback ed.
Description
xii, 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-332) and index.
Contents
Symmetry -- eyE s'dniM eht ni yrtemmyS -- Never forget this in the midst of your equations -- The poverty-stricken mathematician -- The romantic mathematician -- Groups -- Symmetry rules -- Who's the most symmetrical of them all? -- Requiem for