Reviews for Color and symmetry

The average rating for Color and symmetry based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-12-04 00:00:00 Moby Watkins I first heard about this book while reading through John Baez's wonderful mini-blog, "How To Learn Math & Physics" (). Baez characterizes the book as "a joy to read." I couldn't agree more. Sidney Coleman was a legendary professor of physics at Harvard, into the mid-2000's when he finally succumbed to a neurone disease. His brash and witty personal style are everywhere evident in this book, a collection of lectures delivered in Italy over the course of several years. Prof. Coleman had insights into fundamental symmetries in the theoretical physics world that continue to be relevant 40+ years later. Be forewarned: The level of thinking here is very high indeed. It is a shame that Coleman didn't live long enough to collect a Nobel Prize, which would certainly have come his way soon enough. Happily, between his writings and his recorded lectures (see Baez's page above for a link to some videos of Coleman teaching a course at Harvard back in the 1970's!), Coleman's extraordinary intellectual breadth and warmth remain for us to enjoy. I know that I don't understand everything I've read in this volume, but I can certainly appreciate it for what it is: a window into some exceptional ideas.

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