"Version: 20160401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Symmetries and conservation theorems -- 2.1. Symmetry : a brief historical introduction -- 2.2. Symmetry in science -- 2.3. Symmetries in dynamic systems -- 2.4. From symmetry to gauge theory -- 2.5. Conclus…