Symmetries

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Hermann Weyl - Symmetry (1989)
Eugene Paul Wigner - Symmetries and Reflections: Scientific Essays (1979)
Gian Carlo Ghirardi - Symmetries. in art and science (2019)
Gian Carlo Ghirardi - Symmetries. principles and natural forms (2019)
Elena Castellani - Symmetry and Nature. From harmonies of figures to invariances of laws (2000)
Vincenzo Barone - The order of the world. symmetries in physics from Aristotle to Higgs (2013)
Joe Rosen - Symmetry Rules How Science and Nature Are Founded on Symmetry (2008)
Peter Joseph Fré - A Conceptual History of Space and Symmetry. from Plato to the Superworld (2018)
Kathleen Brading, Elena Castellani (eds.) - Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections (2010)
Klaus Mainzer - Symmetry and Complexity. The Spirit and Beauty of Nonlinear Science (2005)
György Darvas - Symmetry. Cultural-historical and Ontological Aspects of Science-Arts Relations

Articles, lecture notes and online resources:

Elio Fabri - The idea of symmetry from nature, to art, to science Symmetry, Part I,
Elio Fabri - Symmetry in mathematics and physics Symmetry, Part II

John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss - The Symmetries of Things
Ian Stewart - Symmetry A Very Short Introduction
Ian Stewart - Why Beauty Is Truth. the History of Symmetry transl.it. The elegance of truth. history of symmetry
Ian Stewart, Martin Golubitsky - Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer? transl. it. terrible symmetries. is God a geometer? (1995)
Marcus Du Sautoy - Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey Through Symmetry (2012) transl.it. The perfect disorder: A mathematician’s adventure into the secrets of symmetry
Alan Holden - Shapes, Spaces and Symmetry

Dwight E. Neuenschwander - Emmy Noether’s Wonderful Theorem (2011)
Elena Castellani - Symmetry and Reality - Le Scienze Quaderni 118 (2001)
Richard P. Feynamn - Six not-so-easy pieces, ch. 2 “Symmetry in Physical Laws” trad.it. Six less easy pieces.
Stephen Blundell - Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction, ch. 6 “Symmetry” (2009) transl. it. superconductivity.
Alan Holden, Phylis Singer - The structure of crystals. order in nature
Kerson Huang - Fundamental Forces of Nature. the Story of Gauge Fields
Leon M. Lederman, Christopher T. Hill - Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe
Bruce A. Schumm - Deep Down Things. The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics (2004)
Anthony Zee - Fearful Symmetry. The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics- (2007)
Frank Close - Lucifer’s Legacy. The Meaning of Asymmetry (2013)

Articles, lecture notes and online resources:

David J. Gross - Symmetry in Physics: Wigner’s legacy phys.Today 48N12 (1995) 46-50 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881480
Luisa Bonolis - Symmetries and invariance principles in physics AIF201410_098-113 https://www.aif.it/indice-rivista/indice-rivista-quaderno-25/ https://docplayer.it/11641040-Simmetrie-e-principi-di-invarianza-in-fisica-il-ruolo-della-teoria-dei-gruppi.html
Luisa Bonolis - Physics and Group Theory AIF2013A
Luigi Martina - Symmetries in Physics Lez1008-IX http://www.dmf.unisalento.it/~martina/allow_listing/SSIS/Lez1008-IX.pdf
Federico Strocchi - Symmetries and symmetry breaking in Physics http://homepage.sns.it/profeti/simmetrie.pdf
Silvio Bergia - Symmetries,invariances and conservation laws
Paul Strolin - Symmetries, laws of conservation and beyond https://www.scienzaescuola.eu/index.php/forum/leggi/78-simmetrie-e-principi-di-conservazione
Paul Strolin - Fundamental Symmetries and Interactions https://www.scienzaescuola.eu/index.php/forum/leggi/79-simmetrie-e-interazioni-fondamentali
Christopher T. Hill, Leon M. Lederman - Teaching “Symmetry” in the Introductory Physics Curriculum (2000) https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0001061

Nathan Carter - Visual Group Theory (2009)
John Stillwell - Naive Lie Theory
Kristopher Tapp - Symmetry A Mathematical Exploration
David W. Farmer - Groups and symmetry A guide to discovering mathematics
D.L. Herrmann, P.J. Sally Jr. - Number, Shape, & Symmetry. An Introduction to Number Theory, Geometry, and Group Theory (2012)
Lara Alcock - How to Think About Abstract Algebra (2021)
Charles C. Pinter - A Book of Abstract Algebra (2010)

Stephen Haywood - Symmetries and Conservation Laws in Particle Physics. An Introduction to Group Theory for Particle Physicists (2010)
Roy McWeeny - Symmetry: An Introduction to Group Theory and Its Applications
Anthony Zee - Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists
Nadir Jeevanjee - Introduction to Tensors & Group Theory For Physicists

Arnout Ceulemans, Pieter Thyssen - Shattered symmetry group theory from the eightfold way to the periodic table
Jakob Schwichtenberg - Physics from Symmetry
Kurt Sundermeyer - Symmetries in Fundamental Physics

Articles, lecture notes and online resources:

Eugene A. Lim - Symmetry in Physics https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/eugene.lim/teach/symmetry/symroot.html
Aron J. Beekman, Louk Rademaker, Jasper van Wezel - An introduction to spontaneous symmetry breaking sciPost Phys. Lect. Notes 11 (2019) Online: https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysLectNotes.11
Daniel T. Larson - How to Talk to a Physicist: Groups, Symmetry, and Topology https://physicstravelguide.com/_media/advanced_tools/groups-symmetry-and-topology-global-symmetry-and-local-symmetry-lecture-notes-physics.pdf
Douglas W. McKenzie - Elementary Introduction to Lie Algebras for Physicists https://www.liealgebrasintro.com/
Michael Weiss - Lie Groups and Quantum Mechanics https://math.ucr.edu/home//baez/lie/lie.html
Group Theory in Physics Travel Guide https://physicstravelguide.com/advanced_tools/group_theory