Description
Symmetry is one of the ideas by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty, and perfection. Starting from the view that symmetry = harmony of proportions, this book gradually develops first the geometric concept of symmetry in its several forms as bilateral, translatory, rotational, ornamental, and crystallographic symmetry, and finally rises to the general abstract mathematical idea underlying all these special forms. This first paperback version of Hermann Weyl’s widely-read essay includes the beautiful illustrations of the cloth cover edition.
Détails du livre
Format
Kindle
Pages
176 pages
Langue
Anglais
Publié
Jul 6, 2015
Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Éditions
3 editions
Genres
Art et Photographie
Nature