Visual symmetry [[electronic resource] /] / Magdolna Hargittai, István Hargittai

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457018803321
• Autore: Hargittai Magdolna
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-44270-8; 9786612442704; 981-283-532-6
• Descrizione fisica: 207 p. : chiefly col. ill
• Altri autori (Persone): HargittaiIstván
• Disciplina: 500
• Soggetti: Symmetry; Symmetry (Physics); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Mirror symmetry. Floral kingdom. Animal kingdom. Human body. Architecture. Double-headed eagles. Music -- Chirality. La coupe du roi. Crystals, molecules, and medicine -- Multiple mirrors. Flowers and leaves. Man-made objects. Architecture. Snowflakes -- Rotational symmetry. Flowers. Rotating blades. Logos. Hubcaps. Sculptures. Architecture -- Shape and movement -- Polyhedra. Regular polyhedra. Star polyhedra. Semiregular polyhedra. Buckyballs. Molecules and walnuts -- Repetitions. Similarity symmetry -- Helical symmetry. Proteins and nucleic acids. Two-dimensional spirals. Further three-dimensional spirals. Phyllotaxy -- Planar patterns. Facades -- Crystals. Quasicrystals -- Antisymmetry.
• Sommario/riassunto: From flowers to bridges, buildings, coke machines, and snowflakes; from molecules to walnuts, fences, pine cones, and sunflowers; from music to children's drawings; from hubcaps to bank logos, propellers, wallpaper decorations, and pavements, we recognize symmetry if we walk around with open eyes and an open mind. This book addresses symmetry.