The Universe in the Rearview Mirror How Hidden Symmetries Shape Reality

Abstract

There is a gleeful skepticism of the orthodox i n popular discussion of science. Reading some of the twittering, blogging chatter out there, you might suppose that relattivity is nothing more than the ramblings of some dude at a party in stead of one of the most successful physical theories ever, and one that has passed every observational and experimental test thrown at it for a century .