... the state of a really big system does not at all have to have the symmetry of the laws which govern it; in fact, it usually has less symmetry. (Philip Warren Anderson)

... the state of a really big system does not at all have to have the symmetry of the laws which govern it; in fact, it usually has less symmetry.

Philip Warren Anderson

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