The Symmetries of Things

by Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Heidi Burgiel, John H. Conway

Book Overview

Start with a single shape. Repeat it in some way--translation, reflection over a line, rotation around a point--and you have created symmetry. Symmetry is a fundamental phenomenon in art, science, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568812205
• ISBN13: 9781568812205
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: A K PETERS
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.4"