{"product_id":"9781009548113","title":"Gauge Theory and the Geometrization of Physics (Elements in the Philosophy of Physics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49874899173624,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":150.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781009548113-1.jpg?v=1783625200","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/ja\/products\/9781009548113","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}