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Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
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Zee tells the story of how theoretical physicists, following Einstein, pursue beauty and symmetry as guides to the deep structure of nature. Roger Penrose contributed the foreword to the Princeton edition, reflecting his own conviction that aesthetic and mathematical elegance are reliable signposts toward physical truth.
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