
Length1h 47m
About this audiobook
How symmetry runs physics. This guide explains why symmetries imply conservation laws, how broken symmetry gives mass and structure to the universe, from snowflakes to the Higgs field, and why asymmetry is where the interesting physics lives. No equations, for curious readers.
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: The Idea of Symmetry
3Chapter 2: The People and the Discovery
4Chapter 3: The Grammar of Symmetry: Group Theory in Plain Words
5Chapter 4: Noether's Gift
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6Chapter 5: The Everyday Evidence
7Chapter 6: Spontaneous Breaking: The Ball in the Bowl
8Chapter 7: Explicit Breaking and the Difference
9Chapter 8: Curie's Principle and the Hot-Cold Dictum
10Chapter 9: Phase Transitions and Order
11Chapter 10: Goldstone's Waves and the Higgs
12Chapter 11: The Broken Mirror: Parity and CP Violation
13Chapter 12: Superconductors and Superfluids
14Chapter 13: The Early Universe's Broken Symmetries
15Chapter 14: The Frontiers and the Open Questions
16Chapter 15: Fun Facts and Trivia
17Chapter 16: The Farewell: What Symmetry Taught Physics
18Conclusion
19References: Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking
20Glossary
21About the Author
22Series Info
23Copyright