Icons and Symmetries

by Simon L. Altmann

Here is a lucid introduction to the ideas of symmetry as they are so successfully used in the fields of physics, chemistry and other physical sciences. Using only elementary mathematics, the author discusses the subtle relationship between physical objects, models, and icons, and explains some of the so-called symmetry paradoxes. Each of the three chapters uses a case-study to illustrate the development of major concepts. In the first two chapters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198555997
• ISBN13: 9780198555995
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"