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

by Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein, hon

Book Overview

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"