The language of symmetry. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Denis Noble, Benedict Rattigan, Afiq Hatta.
• Editors: Rattigan, Benedict; Noble, Denis, 1936-; Hatta, Afiq
• Contents: Preface by Professor Denis Noble CBE FRS, vii Contributors, xi Introduction by Benedict Rattigan, xiii Editors’ Note by Afiq Hatta, xxix About the Contributors, xxxv Chapter 1 ◾ Planetary Systems: From Symmetry to Chaos 1 Caroline Terquem Chapter 2 ◾ Entropy and Symmetry in the Universe 13 Dimitra Rigopoulou Chapter 3 ◾ Darkness, Light, and How Symmetry Might Relate Them 25 Alan Barr Chapter 4 ◾ Self-Similar Self-Similarity 37 Joel David Hamkins Chapter 5 ◾ The Language of Symmetry in Music 51 Robert Quinney Chapter 6 ◾ The Interdependence of Order and Disorder: How Complexity Arises in the Living and the Inanimate Universe 69 Denis Noble Chapter 7 ◾ A Philosopher’s Perspective on the Harnessing of Stochasticity 77 Sir Anthony Kenny Chapter 8 ◾ Postscript: A Dialogue between Denis Noble and Benedict Rattigan 83 Appendix: A Response to Professor Noble’s Paper: Ordered Disorder to Drive Physiology 89 Anant Parekh FRS—Professor of Physiology with Frederick B. Parekh-Glitsch and Daniel Balowski REFERENCES, 93 INDEX, 95
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (102 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 117; Symmetry; Symmetry (Art); Symmetry (Physics)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000840162; 9781000840100
• Related ISBNs: 9781032308494; 9781032303949
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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