Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Copyright acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Continuous symmetries
- Part II Discrete symmetries
- Part III Symmetry breaking
- 17 Classic texts: extracts from Curie and Weyl
- 18 Cross fertilization in theoretical physics: the case of condensed matter and particle physics
- 19 On the meaning of symmetry breaking
- 20 Rough guide to spontaneous symmetry breaking
- 21 Spontaneous symmetry breaking: theoretical arguments and philosophical problems
- Part IV General interpretative issues
- Index
20 - Rough guide to spontaneous symmetry breaking
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Copyright acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Continuous symmetries
- Part II Discrete symmetries
- Part III Symmetry breaking
- 17 Classic texts: extracts from Curie and Weyl
- 18 Cross fertilization in theoretical physics: the case of condensed matter and particle physics
- 19 On the meaning of symmetry breaking
- 20 Rough guide to spontaneous symmetry breaking
- 21 Spontaneous symmetry breaking: theoretical arguments and philosophical problems
- Part IV General interpretative issues
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Symmetries in PhysicsPhilosophical Reflections, pp. 335 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003
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