Symmetry / by Hermann Weyl.

By:

Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Princeton science libraryPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1989]Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1400874343
9781400874347

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: SymmetryDDC classification:

701.17 20

LOC classification:

N76 .W4 1989eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Bilateral symmetry -- Translatory, rotational, and related symmetries -- Ornamental symmetry -- Crystals. The general mathematical idea of symmetry.

Summary: Symmetry is a classic study of symmetry in mathematics, the sciences, nature, and art from one of the twentieth century's greatest mathematicians. Hermann Weyl explores the concept of symmetry beginning with the idea that it represents a harmony of proportions, and gradually departs to examine its more abstract varieties and manifestations-as bilateral, translatory, rotational, ornamental, and crystallographic. Weyl investigates the general abstract mathematical idea underlying all these special forms, using a wealth of illustrations as support. Symmetry is a work of seminal relevance that explores the great variety of applications and importance of symmetry.

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Reprint. originally published: 1952. First Princeton paperback printing: 1982.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bilateral symmetry -- Translatory, rotational, and related symmetries -- Ornamental symmetry -- Crystals. The general mathematical idea of symmetry.

Print version record.

Symmetry is a classic study of symmetry in mathematics, the sciences, nature, and art from one of the twentieth century's greatest mathematicians. Hermann Weyl explores the concept of symmetry beginning with the idea that it represents a harmony of proportions, and gradually departs to examine its more abstract varieties and manifestations-as bilateral, translatory, rotational, ornamental, and crystallographic. Weyl investigates the general abstract mathematical idea underlying all these special forms, using a wealth of illustrations as support. Symmetry is a work of seminal relevance that explores the great variety of applications and importance of symmetry.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650