Asymmetry
March 14, 2008
Lack of balance or symmetry.
See: Lucifer’s Legacy - Frank Close
“Book Description
For many centuries, scientists have investigated the ‘fearful symmetry’ that seemed to underlie the Universe. But increasingly, it looks as though life is the result of cosmic asymmetry, and scientists are now preparing to uncover the asymmetries at the heart of the Big Bang. This book follows the trail, from subtle asymmetries in nature to the mysterious Higgs boson that scientists now believe may hold the key to the birth of the Universe itself.”
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What really happens when a mirror forms a reflection
Different appearance of sky - north and south hemispheres.
The molecules of life are left handed?
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Also: Murray Gell-Mann - evidence that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts in physics - complexity.
Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
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