Symmetry and the Monster - One of the greatest quests of mathematics (Paperback, Revised)

Imagine a giant snowflake in 196,884 dimensions... This is the story of a mathematical quest that began two hundred years ago in revolutionary France, led to the biggest collaboration ever between mathematicians across the world, and revealed the 'Monster' - not monstrous at all, but a structure of exquisite beauty and complexity. Told here for the first time in accessible prose, it is a story that involves brilliant yet tragic characters, curious number 'coincidences' that led to breakthroughs in the mathematics of symmetry, and strange crystals that reach into many dimensions. And it is a story that is not yet over, for we have yet to understand the deep significance of the Monster - and its tantalizing hints of connections with the physical structure of spacetime. Once we understand the full nature of the Monster, we may well have revealed a whole new and deeper understanding of the nature of our Universe.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Mark Ronan
Dimensions:	196 x 126 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	255
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-280723-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-19-280723-4
Barcode:	9780192807236

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