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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Symmetry plays an essential role in science - not only in crystallography and quantum theory, where its role has long been explicitly recognized, but also in condensed-matter physics, thermodynamics, chemistry, biology, and others. This text discusses the concept of symmetry and its application to many areas of science. While it includes a detailed introduction to the theory of groups, which forms the mathematical apparatus for describing symmetries, it also includes a much more general discussion of the nature of symmetry and its role in science. Many problems serve to sharpen the reader's understanding, and an extensive bibliography concludes the book.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Symmetry in Science
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to the General Theory
Authors: Joseph Rosen
Series Title: Springer Study Edition
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2506-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2506-5Published: 12 June 2019
Series ISSN: 0172-6234
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 213