Symmetries and Reflections: Scientific Essays

by Eugene Paul Wigner

Book Overview

This volume contains some of Professor Wigner's more popular papers, which, in their diversity of subject and clarity of style, reflect the author's deep analytical powers and the remarkable scope of his interests. Included are articles on the nature of physical symmetry, invariance and conservation principles, the structure of solid bodies and of the compound nucleus, the theory of nuclear fission, the effects of radiation on solids, and epistemological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262730219
• ISBN13: 9780262730211
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.