“In physics terms, the reason for symmetry breaking is the instability of the symmetric state.” — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“SYMMETRY BREAKING The preferential direction fixed by this spontaneous symmetry breaking will now determine which among the elementary particles will share in… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“The phenomenon of symmetry breaking reveals something deeply significant about the workings of the universe. The laws of Nature are unerringly symmetrical.… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
“The use of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a fundamental theory was to have profound consequences, not just for the laws of nature… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“But for all practical purposes the formation of ice breaks the continuous symmetries of water non-deterministically. This non-deterministic symmetry breaking is called… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“THE GOLDSTONE THEOREM It doesn't matter for our discussion that the broken symmetry of our world chooses a particular direction not in… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
