| Description |
1 online resource (138 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface by Professor Denis Noble CBE FRS -- Contributors -- Introduction by Benedict Rattigan -- Editors' Note by Afiq Hatta, -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1 Planetary Systems: From Symmetry to Chaos -- Chapter 2 Entropy and Symmetry in the Universe -- Chapter 3 Darkness, Light, and How Symmetry Might Relate Them -- Chapter 4 Self-Similar Self-Similarity -- Chapter 5 The Language of Symmetry in Music |
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Chapter 6 The Interdependence of Order and Disorder: How Complexity Arises in the Living and the Inanimate Universe -- Chapter 7 A Philosopher's Perspective on the Harnessing of Stochasticity -- Chapter 8 Postscript: A Dialogue between Denis Noble and Benedict Rattigan -- Appendix: A Response to Professor Noble's Paper: Ordered Disorder to Drive Physiology -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is a re-assessment of the structure and reach of symmetry, by an interdisciplinary group of specialists from the arts, humanities, and sciences at Oxford University. This book aims to open up the scope of interdisciplinary work in the study of symmetry and is intended for scholars of any background |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Noble, Denis
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Hatta, Afiq
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| ISBN |
9781000840100 |
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1000840107 |
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