Du Sautoy, Marcus.

Finding Moonshine : A Mathematician's journey through Symmetry / Marcus du Sautoy. - Fourth Estate,London : Harper, c2008. - 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"First published in Great Britain as Finding Moonshine in 2008 by Fourth Estate"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-359) and index.

A mathematician draws on scientific findings about the role of symmetry in understanding the dynamic relationship between objects, exploring such topics as the theory of fundamental particles, the role of symmetry in evolutionary biology, and the discovery of an enormous dimensional space snowflake.

9780060789404 0060789409

2009284358


Symmetry (Mathematics)
Geometry in nature.
Geometry.
Nature.

Q172.5.S95 / D87 2008

510.92 SAU