{"product_id":"9781009014083","title":"Gauge Theory and the Geometrization of Physics by Henrique De Andrade Gomes","description":"This Element is broadly about the geometrization of physics, but mostly it is about gauge theories. Gauge theories lie at the heart of modern physics: in particular, they constitute the Standard Model of particle physics. At its simplest, the idea of gauge is that nature is best described using a descriptively redundant language; the different descriptions are said to be related by a gauge symmetry. The over-arching question this Element aims to answer is: why is descriptive redundancy fruitful for physics? I will provide three inter-related answers to the question: ``Why gauge theory?'', that is: why introduce redundancies in our models of nature in the first place? The first is pragmatic, or methodological; the second is based on geometrical considerations, and the third is broadly relational.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56419668197749,"sku":"9781009014083","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781009014083","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}