Geometry - General & Miscellaneous, Crystallography
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Overview
Fivefold symmetry is common in flowers, fruits, molecules, logos, and buildings, but it is a forbidden symmetry in the world of crystals. A few years ago, the so-called quasicrystals were discovered displaying fivefold symmetry, and it caused a minirevolution in crystallography. There has been increased awareness of fivefold symmetry in all domains of human interest ever since. The present book brings together authors and ideas on a common theme from mathematics, the sciences, design, and anthropology to history, literature, and the arts. Its 29 chapters are an offering by scientists and humanists from 13 countries to a broad readership of professionals and laypersons about fivefold symmetry and the areas that are being bridged by this unique concept.Editorials
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The diversity of topics addressed in 29 contributions makes for a vibrant inquiry into one particular symmetry. Among the topics: Hawaiian flowers, the graphic art of M.C. Escher, early Hindu thought, basket weaving in various cultures, and Egyptian and Christian iconography, as well as plane projections of regular polytopes, continuous transformations of non-periodic tilings, hyperbolic crystallography, and the pentasnow gasket and its fractal dimension. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 28, 1991
Publisher
Singapore : World Scientific, c1992.
Pages
580
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9789810206000