Group theory: a physicist's survey

Preface: the pursuit of symmetries 2. Finite groups: an introduction 3. Finite groups: representations 4. Hilbert Spaces 5. SU(2) 6. SU(3) 7. Classification of compact simple Lie algebras 8. Lie algebras: representation theory 9. Finite groups: the road to simplicity 10. Beyond Lie algebras 11. The groups of the Standard Model 12. Exceptional structures Appendices References Bibliography Index.