Symmetry 2 : unifying human understanding /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hargittai, István
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, [1989]
Series:International series in modern applied mathematics and computer science ; v. 18.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / I. Hargittai
  • Symmetry revisited / M. Senechal
  • Symmetry at the foundations of science / J. Rosen
  • Symmetry and chaos / A.A. Chernikov [and others]
  • The magic of the pentangle; dynamic symmetry from Merlin to Penrose / A.L. Loeb
  • Symmetry, groupoids and higher-dimensional analogues / R. Brown
  • Trisecting an orthoscheme / H.S.M. Coxeter
  • Duality and the Descartes deficiency / P. Hilton and J. Pedersen
  • Extending the binomial coefficients to preserve symmetry and pattern / P. Hilton and J. Pedersen
  • Symmetry in the simplest case : the real line / S. Marcus
  • Delicate symmetry / J. Pach
  • Halley maps for a trigonometric and rational function / C.A. Pickover
  • A class of symmetric polytopes / A. Hill and D.G. Larman
  • Arrangements of minimal variance : multidimensional scaling in the symmetrical case / L. Telegdi.
  • Tilings by regular polygons-II : a catalog of tilings / D. Chavey
  • Symmetry and polyhedral stellation-Ia / G.M. Fleurent
  • Symmetry and polyhedral stellation-Ib / G.M. Fleurent
  • Symmetry and polyhedral stellation-II / P.W. Messer and M.J. Wenninger
  • The complete set of Jitterbug transformers and the analysis of their motion / H.F. Verheyen
  • A geometrical analogue of the phase transformation of crystals / G. Fejes Tóth and L. Fejes Tóth
  • Computers and group-theoretical methods for studying structural phase transitions / G.M. Checin
  • Structural theory of space-time and intrapoint symmetry / A.V. Malikov
  • Visual and hidden symmetry in geometry / A.T. Fomenko
  • Mathematics and beauty-VII : tesselation automata derived from a single defect / C.A. Pickover.
  • Interpretation of so-called icosahedral and decagonal quasicrystals of alloys showing apparent icosahedral symmetry elements as twins of an 820-atom cubic crystal / L. Pauling
  • Local pseudosymmetry in simple liquids / J.L. Finney
  • Topological aspects of benzenoids and coronoids, including "snowflakes" and "laceflowers" / S.J. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll and B.N. Cyvin
  • A set theoretic approach to the symmetry analysis of hexadecahedrane / E.R. Kouyoumdjian
  • Carbon and its nets / A.T. Balaban
  • C [B superscript, 60 subscript] buckminsterfullerene, other fullerenes and icospiral shell / H.W. Kroto
  • Asymmetry through the eyes of a(another) chemist / M. Ács
  • Chemical kinetics and thermodynamics : a history of their relationship / S. Lengyel
  • Symmetries and the notion of elementarity in high energy physics / K. Gavroglu.
  • Symmetry-breaking pattern formation in semiconductor physics : spatio-temporal current structures during avalanche breakdown / J. Parisi [and others]
  • The perceptual value of symmetry / P. Locher and C. Nodine
  • Mind's eye / A.H. Lowrey
  • Non-Euclidean geometries and algorithms of living bodies / S.V. Petukhov
  • Spiral phyllotaxis / R. Dixon
  • A symmetry-oriented mathematical model of classical counterpoint and related neurophysiological investigations by depth EEG / G. Mazzola [and others]
  • Square spirals, dimensionality and biopolymers / J.F. Liebman [and others]
  • The golden section in the measurement theory / A.P. Stakhov
  • Buckling patterns of shells and spherical honeycomb structures / T. Tarnai
  • Symmetry in free markets / B.P. Fabricand
  • Symmetries in music teaching / M. Apagyi
  • Uncertainty principle and symmetry in metaphors / L. Bencze
  • Modern symmetry / A. Hill.