Description
In this engaging blend of memoir, history, and popular mathematics, a research mathematician takes readers on a journey through the search for symmetry—the hidden order that shapes crystals, music, art, nature, and the laws of science. Following a year in the author’s life, the book brings the excitement, uncertainty, and creativity of mathematical discovery vividly to life while tracing humanity’s evolving understanding of one of mathematics’ greatest adventures. Accessible and richly imaginative, it reveals how abstract ideas can illuminate the patterns of the world around us and transform the way we see beauty, structure, and connection.
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paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780007214624
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First Published
2008
Language
eng
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