Mirror-image asymmetry [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / / by James P. Riehl |
Autore | Riehl James P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
541.223 |
Soggetto topico |
Geometry in nature
Symmetry (Biology) Chirality Random dynamical systems |
ISBN |
1-282-55009-8
9786612550096 0-470-58888-8 0-470-58887-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
MIRROR-IMAGE ASYMMETRY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES AND BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS; 1 THE MIRROR IMAGE; HANDEDNESS; THE SYMMETRY OF NONSUPERIMPOSABLE MIRROR IMAGES; NOMENCLATURE FOR CHIRAL MOLECULES; NOMENCLATURE FOR DISSYMMETRIC AND OTHER CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 2 MOLECULAR CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ROTATION; FROM BIOT TO PASTEUR; BIOCHEMICAL HOMOCHIRALITY; DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE STRUCTURES OF CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES
LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES3 THE ORIGIN OF CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; MUST LIFE BE CHIRAL?; MIRROR-IMAGE LIFE?; THE ORIGIN OF HOMOCHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHIRALITY; NUCLEAR CHIRALITY; OTHER EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES; THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ON EARTH: BIOCHEMISTRY; GETTING STARTED IN THE RIGHT (OR LEFT) DIRECTION; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 4 CHIRAL CHEMISTRY, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL IN LIVING SYSTEMS; CHIRAL CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHIRAL RECOGNITION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL EXAMPLES OF CHIRAL RECOGNITION AND DISCRIMINATIONSMELL; TASTE; COMMUNICATION; CHIRALITY AS A CONTROL MECHANISM IN BIOCHEMISTRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 5 CHIRALITY AND DRUGS; CHIRALITY IN NATURAL REMEDIES AND FOLK MEDICINES; ENANTIOMERIC DIFFERENCES IN NATURAL PRODUCTS; THALIDOMIDE AND REGULATION OF CHIRAL DRUGS; CHIRALITY AND DRUG ACTIVITY; IBUPROFEN; PROZAC; CIALIS; NEXIUM; LIPITOR; CHIRAL SWITCHING; EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE; PREPARATION OF PURE ENANTIOMERS; SUMMARY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGREFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 6 THE CHIRALITY OF LIVING SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY CAUTIONS; CHIRALITY IN NATURE; CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHIRALITY (ASYMMETRY); SYMMETRIC LIFE; RACEMIC LIFE; ASYMMETRIC LIFE; HOMO SAPIENS ASYMMETRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 7 THE HANDEDNESS OF HOMO SAPIENS; ARE YOU RIGHT-HANDED OR LEFT-HANDED?; THE STATISTICS OF HANDEDNESS; THE ORIGIN OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS; THE HUMAN GENETICS OF HANDEDNESS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING REFERENCESLIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 8 LIVING IN A RIGHT-HANDER'S WORLD; CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE (OR ANTICLOCKWISE) ROTATION; HELICAL STAIRWAYS; AROUND THE HOUSE; MAKING MUSIC LEFT-HANDED; THE CHIRALITY OF WRITING; SPORTS AND THE LEFT-HANDER; AMERICAN BASEBALL: THE CHIRAL SPORT; DRIVING ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE; WINDMILLS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 9 THE ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE; LIST OF FIGURES; APPENDIX; BIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Riehl James P
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 | ||
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Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / / by James P. Riehl |
Autore | Riehl James P |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
541.223 |
Soggetto topico |
Geometry in nature
Symmetry (Biology) Chirality Random dynamical systems |
ISBN |
1-282-55009-8
9786612550096 0-470-58888-8 0-470-58887-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
MIRROR-IMAGE ASYMMETRY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES AND BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS; 1 THE MIRROR IMAGE; HANDEDNESS; THE SYMMETRY OF NONSUPERIMPOSABLE MIRROR IMAGES; NOMENCLATURE FOR CHIRAL MOLECULES; NOMENCLATURE FOR DISSYMMETRIC AND OTHER CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 2 MOLECULAR CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ROTATION; FROM BIOT TO PASTEUR; BIOCHEMICAL HOMOCHIRALITY; DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE STRUCTURES OF CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES
LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES3 THE ORIGIN OF CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; MUST LIFE BE CHIRAL?; MIRROR-IMAGE LIFE?; THE ORIGIN OF HOMOCHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHIRALITY; NUCLEAR CHIRALITY; OTHER EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES; THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ON EARTH: BIOCHEMISTRY; GETTING STARTED IN THE RIGHT (OR LEFT) DIRECTION; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 4 CHIRAL CHEMISTRY, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL IN LIVING SYSTEMS; CHIRAL CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHIRAL RECOGNITION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL EXAMPLES OF CHIRAL RECOGNITION AND DISCRIMINATIONSMELL; TASTE; COMMUNICATION; CHIRALITY AS A CONTROL MECHANISM IN BIOCHEMISTRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 5 CHIRALITY AND DRUGS; CHIRALITY IN NATURAL REMEDIES AND FOLK MEDICINES; ENANTIOMERIC DIFFERENCES IN NATURAL PRODUCTS; THALIDOMIDE AND REGULATION OF CHIRAL DRUGS; CHIRALITY AND DRUG ACTIVITY; IBUPROFEN; PROZAC; CIALIS; NEXIUM; LIPITOR; CHIRAL SWITCHING; EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE; PREPARATION OF PURE ENANTIOMERS; SUMMARY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGREFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 6 THE CHIRALITY OF LIVING SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY CAUTIONS; CHIRALITY IN NATURE; CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHIRALITY (ASYMMETRY); SYMMETRIC LIFE; RACEMIC LIFE; ASYMMETRIC LIFE; HOMO SAPIENS ASYMMETRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 7 THE HANDEDNESS OF HOMO SAPIENS; ARE YOU RIGHT-HANDED OR LEFT-HANDED?; THE STATISTICS OF HANDEDNESS; THE ORIGIN OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS; THE HUMAN GENETICS OF HANDEDNESS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING REFERENCESLIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 8 LIVING IN A RIGHT-HANDER'S WORLD; CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE (OR ANTICLOCKWISE) ROTATION; HELICAL STAIRWAYS; AROUND THE HOUSE; MAKING MUSIC LEFT-HANDED; THE CHIRALITY OF WRITING; SPORTS AND THE LEFT-HANDER; AMERICAN BASEBALL: THE CHIRAL SPORT; DRIVING ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE; WINDMILLS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 9 THE ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE; LIST OF FIGURES; APPENDIX; BIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Riehl James P
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 | ||
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Space, time, and stuff / / Frank Arntzenius ; with a contribution by Cian Dorr |
Autore | Arntzenius Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 111 |
Soggetto topico |
Ontology
Space and time Geometry in nature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-162914-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Space, Time, and Stuff""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1: It's just one damn thing after another""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 The structure of time and space in Newtonian physics""; ""1.3 The structure of time and space in relativistic physics""; ""1.4 The idea that time has no structure""; ""1.5 Ridding time of structure in Newtonian particle physics""; ""1.6 Ridding time of structure in Special Relativity""; ""1.7 Ridding time of structure in General Relativity""; ""2: There goes the neighbourhood . . .""; ""2.1 Introduction""
""2.2 How separable is the geometric structure of spacetime?""""2.3 How separable is classical particle structure?""; ""2.4 Are velocities intrinsic to spacetime points?""; ""2.5 How separable are the properties of classical fields?""; ""2.6 Separability, dynamical locality, and relativity""; ""3: The world according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 An argument that the world is not separable according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.3 Configuration space realism""; ""3.4 Configuration space realism in Newtonian particle mechanics"" ""3.5 Configuration space realism in non-relativistic quantum particle mechanics""""3.6 Relativistic quantum mechanics and narratibility failure""; ""3.7 Can one use dynamics to rescue narratability?""; ""3.8 There is no configuration spacetime""; ""3.9 Multi-time configuration space wave-functions""; ""3.10 Indeterministic relativistic theories in general""; ""3.11 Amplitude realism""; ""3.12 Liberal amplitude realism""; ""3.13 Density-operator realism""; ""3.14 Heisenberg-operator realism""; ""3.15 Flash realism""; ""3.16 Tentative conclusions""; ""4: Pointlessness"" ""4.1 Introduction""""4.2 The possibility of motion and determinism""; ""4.3 Cutting things in half""; ""4.4 Paradoxes of size""; ""4.5 Quantum mechanics and points""; ""4.6 Contact between objects""; ""4.7 The topological approach to pointless spaces""; ""4.8 Objects in a pointless topology""; ""4.9 Fields in a pointless topology""; ""4.10 Problems for the topological approach to gunk""; ""4.11 Measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.12 Problems for measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.13 Conclusions""; ""5: Do space and time exist?""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Leibniz's shifts an argument against the existence of space""""5.3 Newton's buckets; an argument for the existence of space""; ""5.4 Leibnizean relationism and Newtonian particle theories""; ""5.5 Relationism and Newtonian field theories""; ""5.6 Relationism about time in Newtonian physics""; ""5.7 Piggy-back relationism""; ""5.8 Rich relationism and Newtonian physics""; ""5.9 Relationism and Special Relativity""; ""5.10 The hole argument""; ""5.11 General Relativity and relationism""; ""5.12 Substantivalism""; ""5.13 Supersubstantivalism""; ""6: Gauge theories and fibre-bundle spaces"" ""6.1 Introduction"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459698603321 |
Arntzenius Frank
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Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Space, time, and stuff / / Frank Arntzenius ; with a contribution by Cian Dorr |
Autore | Arntzenius Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 111 |
Soggetto topico |
Ontology
Space and time Geometry in nature |
ISBN | 0-19-162914-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Space, Time, and Stuff""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1: It's just one damn thing after another""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 The structure of time and space in Newtonian physics""; ""1.3 The structure of time and space in relativistic physics""; ""1.4 The idea that time has no structure""; ""1.5 Ridding time of structure in Newtonian particle physics""; ""1.6 Ridding time of structure in Special Relativity""; ""1.7 Ridding time of structure in General Relativity""; ""2: There goes the neighbourhood . . .""; ""2.1 Introduction""
""2.2 How separable is the geometric structure of spacetime?""""2.3 How separable is classical particle structure?""; ""2.4 Are velocities intrinsic to spacetime points?""; ""2.5 How separable are the properties of classical fields?""; ""2.6 Separability, dynamical locality, and relativity""; ""3: The world according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 An argument that the world is not separable according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.3 Configuration space realism""; ""3.4 Configuration space realism in Newtonian particle mechanics"" ""3.5 Configuration space realism in non-relativistic quantum particle mechanics""""3.6 Relativistic quantum mechanics and narratibility failure""; ""3.7 Can one use dynamics to rescue narratability?""; ""3.8 There is no configuration spacetime""; ""3.9 Multi-time configuration space wave-functions""; ""3.10 Indeterministic relativistic theories in general""; ""3.11 Amplitude realism""; ""3.12 Liberal amplitude realism""; ""3.13 Density-operator realism""; ""3.14 Heisenberg-operator realism""; ""3.15 Flash realism""; ""3.16 Tentative conclusions""; ""4: Pointlessness"" ""4.1 Introduction""""4.2 The possibility of motion and determinism""; ""4.3 Cutting things in half""; ""4.4 Paradoxes of size""; ""4.5 Quantum mechanics and points""; ""4.6 Contact between objects""; ""4.7 The topological approach to pointless spaces""; ""4.8 Objects in a pointless topology""; ""4.9 Fields in a pointless topology""; ""4.10 Problems for the topological approach to gunk""; ""4.11 Measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.12 Problems for measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.13 Conclusions""; ""5: Do space and time exist?""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Leibniz's shifts an argument against the existence of space""""5.3 Newton's buckets; an argument for the existence of space""; ""5.4 Leibnizean relationism and Newtonian particle theories""; ""5.5 Relationism and Newtonian field theories""; ""5.6 Relationism about time in Newtonian physics""; ""5.7 Piggy-back relationism""; ""5.8 Rich relationism and Newtonian physics""; ""5.9 Relationism and Special Relativity""; ""5.10 The hole argument""; ""5.11 General Relativity and relationism""; ""5.12 Substantivalism""; ""5.13 Supersubstantivalism""; ""6: Gauge theories and fibre-bundle spaces"" ""6.1 Introduction"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787284303321 |
Arntzenius Frank
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Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Space, time, and stuff / / Frank Arntzenius ; with a contribution by Cian Dorr |
Autore | Arntzenius Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 111 |
Soggetto topico |
Ontology
Space and time Geometry in nature |
ISBN | 0-19-162914-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Space, Time, and Stuff""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1: It's just one damn thing after another""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 The structure of time and space in Newtonian physics""; ""1.3 The structure of time and space in relativistic physics""; ""1.4 The idea that time has no structure""; ""1.5 Ridding time of structure in Newtonian particle physics""; ""1.6 Ridding time of structure in Special Relativity""; ""1.7 Ridding time of structure in General Relativity""; ""2: There goes the neighbourhood . . .""; ""2.1 Introduction""
""2.2 How separable is the geometric structure of spacetime?""""2.3 How separable is classical particle structure?""; ""2.4 Are velocities intrinsic to spacetime points?""; ""2.5 How separable are the properties of classical fields?""; ""2.6 Separability, dynamical locality, and relativity""; ""3: The world according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 An argument that the world is not separable according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.3 Configuration space realism""; ""3.4 Configuration space realism in Newtonian particle mechanics"" ""3.5 Configuration space realism in non-relativistic quantum particle mechanics""""3.6 Relativistic quantum mechanics and narratibility failure""; ""3.7 Can one use dynamics to rescue narratability?""; ""3.8 There is no configuration spacetime""; ""3.9 Multi-time configuration space wave-functions""; ""3.10 Indeterministic relativistic theories in general""; ""3.11 Amplitude realism""; ""3.12 Liberal amplitude realism""; ""3.13 Density-operator realism""; ""3.14 Heisenberg-operator realism""; ""3.15 Flash realism""; ""3.16 Tentative conclusions""; ""4: Pointlessness"" ""4.1 Introduction""""4.2 The possibility of motion and determinism""; ""4.3 Cutting things in half""; ""4.4 Paradoxes of size""; ""4.5 Quantum mechanics and points""; ""4.6 Contact between objects""; ""4.7 The topological approach to pointless spaces""; ""4.8 Objects in a pointless topology""; ""4.9 Fields in a pointless topology""; ""4.10 Problems for the topological approach to gunk""; ""4.11 Measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.12 Problems for measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.13 Conclusions""; ""5: Do space and time exist?""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Leibniz's shifts an argument against the existence of space""""5.3 Newton's buckets; an argument for the existence of space""; ""5.4 Leibnizean relationism and Newtonian particle theories""; ""5.5 Relationism and Newtonian field theories""; ""5.6 Relationism about time in Newtonian physics""; ""5.7 Piggy-back relationism""; ""5.8 Rich relationism and Newtonian physics""; ""5.9 Relationism and Special Relativity""; ""5.10 The hole argument""; ""5.11 General Relativity and relationism""; ""5.12 Substantivalism""; ""5.13 Supersubstantivalism""; ""6: Gauge theories and fibre-bundle spaces"" ""6.1 Introduction"" |
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Arntzenius Frank
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Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Symmetries of nature : a handbook for philosophy of nature and science / / Klaus Mainzer |
Autore | Mainzer Klaus |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (695 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 500 |
Soggetto topico |
Symmetry
Geometry in nature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-088693-6 |
Classificazione | CC 6300 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface of the English Edition -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 2. Symmetries in Modern Mathematics -- 3. Symmetries in Classical Physics and the Philosophy of Nature -- 4. Symmetries in Modern Physics and Natural Sciences -- 5. Symmetry and Philosophy -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453326003321 |
Mainzer Klaus
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1996 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Symmetries of nature : a handbook for philosophy of nature and science / / Klaus Mainzer |
Autore | Mainzer Klaus |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (695 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 500 |
Soggetto topico |
Symmetry
Geometry in nature |
ISBN | 3-11-088693-6 |
Classificazione | CC 6300 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface of the English Edition -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 2. Symmetries in Modern Mathematics -- 3. Symmetries in Classical Physics and the Philosophy of Nature -- 4. Symmetries in Modern Physics and Natural Sciences -- 5. Symmetry and Philosophy -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790880903321 |
Mainzer Klaus
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1996 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Symmetries of nature : a handbook for philosophy of nature and science / / Klaus Mainzer |
Autore | Mainzer Klaus |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (695 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 500 |
Soggetto topico |
Symmetry
Geometry in nature |
ISBN | 3-11-088693-6 |
Classificazione | CC 6300 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface of the English Edition -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 2. Symmetries in Modern Mathematics -- 3. Symmetries in Classical Physics and the Philosophy of Nature -- 4. Symmetries in Modern Physics and Natural Sciences -- 5. Symmetry and Philosophy -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821422003321 |
Mainzer Klaus
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1996 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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