Symmetry and the Monster
Mark (Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Visiting Professor of Mathematics at University College, London) Ronan
Oxford University Press, 2007
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The 'Monster of Symmetry' is a giant snowflake in 196,884 dimensions - with a beautiful structure which may turn out to unlock the very fabric of our universe. The story of the hunt for the monster, and its eventual discovery, became the biggest joint mathematical project of all time - involving determination, luck, and some very extraordinary characters.
- ISBN-13
- 9780192807236
- ISBN-10
- 0192807234
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2007
- Publication date
- 2007-07-26
- Pages
- 264
- Dimensions
- 195x130x18
- Weight
- 294