TY - BOOK ID - 77853596 TI - The beauty of physics : patterns, principles, and perspectives PY - 2014 SN - 9780191780189 0191780189 0198709919 9780198709916 PB - Oxford Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - 530.1 KW - Pattern formation (Physical sciences) KW - Aesthetics KW - Chaotic behavior in systems KW - 530.1 Basic principles of physics KW - Basic principles of physics KW - Beautiful, The KW - Beauty KW - Esthetics KW - Taste (Aesthetics) KW - Philosophy KW - Art KW - Criticism KW - Literature KW - Proportion KW - Symmetry KW - Psychology KW - Philosophy of science KW - Physics KW - Radio broadcasting Aesthetics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77853596 AB - This title is about ideas and themes in physics. A small set of them apply over broad areas of physics, and in that wide reach lies some of the power, beauty, and attraction of the subject. Many metaphors from ordinary language or other disciplines have been adopted by physicists, albeit with a specific and distinct flavour. The selection of topics reflects the author's own four-decade career in research physics and his resultant perspective on the subject. ER -