Fearful symmetry : the search for beauty in modern physics

Fearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of contemporary physics within everyone's grasp.

A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how today's theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature.

Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, the book describes the majestic sweep and accomplishments of twentieth-century physics.

In the end, we stand in awe before the grand vision of modern physics--one of the greatest chapters in the intellectual history of humankind.