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Anthony Zee

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1945 · age 81

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.

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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.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81