Ne’eman, Yuval The interplay of symmetry, order and information in physics and the impact of gauge symmetry on algebraic topology. (English) Zbl 0876.00026 Symmetry Cult. Sci. 1, No. 3, 229-255 (1990). Summary: We review the role of symmetry in physics and of group theory. We explain the relationship between symmetries and conservation laws. In particular, the recent renewed geometrization drive is discussed, with gauge local symmetries, sometimes spontaneously broken. Supersymmetry involves new generalized concepts. The interrelationship with order and with information is discussed. We survey the impact of the developments in symmetry in physics on the recent progress in several related fields of mathematics, especially in algebraic topology. Cited in 1 Document MSC: 00A79 Physics 81Q60 Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics 55-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to algebraic topology 81T13 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory Keywords:symmetry in physics; group theory; symmetries; conservation laws PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{Y. Ne'eman}, Symmetry Cult. Sci. 1, No. 3, 229--255 (1990; Zbl 0876.00026)