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Noether's theorem of the relation between the symmetries of a physical system and its conservation laws

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internal symmetry time-reversal invariance hidden symmetry asymmetry translation CPT symmetry parity time reversal charge conjugation conservation law radiation radioactivity relativity cluster isomerism temperature elasticity entropy polarity heat

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Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie

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Wigner, 1962

Eugene Wigner

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Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi at work in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, c. 1920.

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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