From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific Concept

by Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein, hon

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1. Introduction, 2. The Mathematical Path, 3. The Aesthetic Path, 4. New Aesthetic Sensibilities in Italian and French Architecture, 5. The Ancient Concept of Symmetry in Scientific Contexts in Early Modern Times and Its Association with Harmony, 6. The Treatment of Symmetry in Natural History (1738-1815), 7. Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): 'revolutions' that did not happen, 8. Legendre's Revolutionary Definition of Symmetry...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9048178843

ISBN13:9789048178841

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:Springer

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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