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" Symmetry and the Monster : "
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BL
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997661
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b752031
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Ronan, Mark
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Symmetry and the Monster : : One of the greatest quests of mathematics
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2006
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255 p.
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0192807234
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: 9780192807236
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| Contents
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Prologue; 1. Theaetetus's Icosahedron; 2. Galois: Death of a Genius; 3. Irrational Solutions; 4. Groups; 5. Sophus Lie; 6. Lie Groups and Physics; 7. Going Finite; 8. After the War; 9. The Man from Uccle; 10. The Big Theorum; 11 Pandora's Box; 12. The Leech Lattice; 13. Fischer's Monsters; 14. The Atlas; 1 A Monstrous Mystery; 16. Construction; 17. Moonshine; Appendix 1: The Golden Section; Appendix 2: The Witt Design; Appendix 3: The Leech Lattice; Appendix4 The 26 Exceptions
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The 'Monster of Symmetry' is a giant snowflake in 196,884 dimensions - with a beautiful structure which may turn out to unlock the very fabric of our universe. The story of the hunt for the monster, and its eventual discovery, became the biggest joint mathematical project of all time - involving determination, luck, and some very extraordinary characters.
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