Darvas Symmetry
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-3-7643-7555-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
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Cultural-historical and Ontological Aspects of Science-Arts Relations; the Natural and Man-made World in an Interdisciplinary Approach
E-Book, Englisch, 508 Seiten, Web PDF
Reihe: Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
ISBN: 978-3-7643-7555-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The first comprehensive book on the topic in half a century explores recent symmetry – and symmetry breaking – related discoveries, and discusses the questions and answers they raise in diverse disciplines: particle and high-energy physics, structural chemistry and the biochemistry of proteins, in genetic code study, in brain research, and also in architectural structures, and business decision making, to mention only a few examples.
Zielgruppe
Research
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Weitere Infos & Material
Introductory chapters.- Symmetry, invariance, harmony.- Historical Survey.- Symmetry in geometrical decorative art.- The golden section.- Interdisciplinary applications.- Fibonacci numbers in nature.- Perfection and beauty.- The mystery of fivefold symmetry.- From viruses to fullerene molecules.- Symmetry in Inanimate Nature.- Cosmological symmetries.- Sight and Hearing.- Symmetries and symmetry breakings in inanimate nature.- The road from nature to man.- Chirality.- Cerebral asymmetries.- Human Creativity.- Beauty and truth.- Rationality and impression.
