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Why Beauty is Truth - A short history of symmetry

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Professor Ian Stewart presents a short history of symmetry and how this concept relates to mathematics, physics and the universe around us.
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Episodes

Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics

Professor Ian Stewart looks at the world of Quantum Mechanics and how symmetry informs our understanding of particles and waves.

May 29, 2007

Physicists, Einstein and Symmetry

Professor Ian Stewart shows how the mathematicians work on symmetry and group theory influenced the work of physicists and how Einstein’s work revolutionised our view of the symmetries of the universe around us.

May 21, 2007

Group theory and the failed revolutionary

Professor Ian Stewart talks about the life of Evariste Galois – the failed revolutionary who developed Group Theory and changed the way we think about mathematics, physics and the world around us.

May 16, 2007

Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

In this episode Professor Ian Stewart describes how the scandalous world of competitive mathematics in renaissance Italy encouraged the development of our understanding of equations, algebra and laid the foundations for our modern understanding of symmetry.

May 08, 2007

Babylonian and Greek mathematics

In this episode Professor Ian Stewart talks about the Babylonian approach to mathematics, how the Greeks used geometry to solve equations and the impact of Omar Kyham.

May 04, 2007

What is symmetry?

In our first episode Professor Stewart explains what symmetry is and how mathematicians and physicists have approached the subject. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-755a0c5eb5b2dea934766a5f408f850c}

May 04, 2007
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