Behind the shirts, is symmetry
Popular Physics
2007-05-23 v1 adap-org
Condensed Matter
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Physics Education
Abstract
The outbreak of spontaneous order in matter results from symmetry breaking. How does a system change its collective organisation ? How does it break its own symmetry ? That are the questions which are answered using a metaphoric world of shirts and colors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9901012,
title = {Behind the shirts, is symmetry},
author = {Serge Galam},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9901012},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
14 pages, latex, 4 drawings and 2 figures not included; in french