Symmetry

Author(s)

• Weyl, Hermann

Bibliographic Information

Symmetry

by Hermann Weyl

（Princeton science library）

Princeton University Press, 1989, c1952

• : pbk

Note

First Princeton science library printing, 1989

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

• NCID: BA54259859
• ISBN:
  • 0691023743
• LCCN: 52005830
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Princeton, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: 168 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : N76
  • DC : 701.17
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Proportion (Art)
  • LCSH : Aesthetics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0485530X