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FearfulSymmetrybringstheincrediblediscoveriesofcontemporaryphysicswithineveryone'sgrasp.A.Zee,adistinguishedphysicistandskillfulexpositor,tellstheexcitingstoryofhowtoday'stheoreticalphysicistsarefollowingEinsteinintheirsearchforthebeautyandsimplicityofNature.Animatedbyasenseofreverenceandwhimsy,thebookdescribesthemajesticsweepandaccomplishmentsoftwentieth-centuryphysics.Intheend,westandinawebeforethegrandvisionofmodernphysics--oneofthegreatestchaptersintheintellectualhistoryofhumankind.