--- title: "2 Anthony Zee Quotes - Famous Physicist (Fearful symmetry)" description: "Anthony Zee is a Chinese-American physicist, writer, and a professor at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the physics department of the Un..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-zee-14185.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Anthony Zee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-zee-14185.jpg) # Anthony Zee (1945) Physicist United States **2** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Anthony Zee is a physicist from the United States, best known for *Fearful symmetry*. ## Quick Facts About Anthony Zee Born June 7, 1945 Nationality United States Profession Physicist Notable works Fearful symmetry ## About Anthony Zee Anthony Zee is a Chinese-American physicist, writer, and a professor at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the physics department of the University of California, Santa Barbara. His popular publications include Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics and An Old Man's Toy: Gravity at Work and Play in Einstein's Universe. His textbooks include Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell, Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell, and Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists. He is also the author of Swallowing Clouds: A Plafyul Journey Through Chinese Language, Culture and Cuisine. ## Quotes by Anthony Zee > [Quantum field theory arose out of our need to describe the ephemeral nature of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-zee/quantum-field-theory-arose-out-of-our-need-to-describe-the-ephemeral/) Anthony Zee [Ephemeral](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ephemeral/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/anthony-zee-105903_ephemeral_quantum-field-theory-arose-out-of-our-ne_1968604.jpg) > [Let us worry about beauty first, and truth will take care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-zee/let-us-worry-about-beauty-first-and-truth-will-take-care-of-itself/) Anthony Zee [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/anthony-zee-105903_beauty_let-us-worry-about-beauty-first-and-trut_3206783.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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