[Unedited] Mario Livio with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Language of Symmetry
In your book, am the equation that couldn't be solved im, you tease out there is an aesthetic connection between mathematics and art and nature. Um, would you tell that story a little bit tho have introduced that subject? Sure. So. i would like to talk about thoughits the group theory, the language of symmetry, which is something else you've worked on in your book, Am The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved Im. Symmetry basically is a quantity that describes something that does not change. For example, in the case of the symmetry by lateral symmetry means you basically reflect it in a mirror and it doesn't change.
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