Symmetry Discovered (eBook)

Concepts and Applications in Nature and Science

Joe Rosen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
176 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14500-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Newly enlarged classic covers basic concepts and terminology, lucid discussions of geometric symmetry, other symmetries and approximate symmetry, symmetry in nature, in science, more. Solutions to problems. Expanded bibliography. 1975 edition.

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Symmetry provides an insight into the way nature works and is often used by scientists and technologists to help solve problems. Symmetry has numerous other applications as well - with more being discovered all the time in science, the arts and other fields of human endeavor.This classic work provides an excellent introduction to the basic concepts and terminology (including, optionally, group theory), as well as lucid discussions of geometric symmetry, other symmetries and appropriate symmetry, symmetry in nature, uses of symmetry in science and much more.Readers wishing to pursue specific topics will find many references that reflect the author's wide reading in the subject and his own obvious enthusiasm. For this edition, Dr. Rosen has provided a new preface, solutions to the problems, and an addendum to the bibliography.

Inhalt

ForewordPrefacePreface to the Dover edition1 Symmetry: what? where? how? What is symmetry? Where is symmetry? How is symmetry?2 The language of symmetry Concepts and terminology Group theory (optional)3 Geometric symmetry Linear symmetry Planar symmetry Spatial symmetry4 Other symmetries and approximate symmetry Temporal symmetry Permutation symmetry Color symmetry Analogy Approximate symmetry5 Symmetry in nature Symmetries with which we are acquainted Symmetries we have no yet studied6 Uses of symmetry in science The symmetry principle The symmetry approach Symmetry in researchConclusionBibliographyAddendum to BibliographySolutions to problemsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.10.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Books on Mathematics
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Books on Mathematics
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 191 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: academics • applications of symmetry • applied mathematics and science • balance in the natural world • Basic Concepts • experiments • geometrics • geometric symmetry • human endeavor • introduction to symmetry • language of symmetry • math and science • Mathematics in nature • Natural Sciences • observations • Physics • Reference • self study • Spatial Symmetry • symmetry in nature • Symmetry Principle • Terminology • the arts • theory • Uniformity
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14500-X / 048614500X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14500-6 / 9780486145006