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[Unedited] Frank Wilczek with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Symmetry and Physics and Mathematics

S symmetry, as used in common language, is kind of a vague word. It means a balance, harmony, a goodness. We even saye ethical symmetry we look for, yes, a proportion a. But in science, we use, we need to have a more precise concept. And the and a, the con that we use that's more precise,. That has something in common with, i with te common usage, but is a special case of it, and gets amplified in different directions. Soo, what was it that so wist that einstein brought that helped illuminate this m more completely for us?

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