Symmetry: Cultural-historical and Ontological Aspects of Science-Arts Relations; the Natural and Man-made World in an Interdisciplinary Approach

Darvas, György

The first comprehensive book on the topic in half a century explores recent symmetry – and symmetry breaking – related discoveries, and discusses the questions and answers they raise in diverse disciplines: particle and high-energy physics, structural chemistry and the biochemistry of proteins, in genetic code study, in brain research, and also in architectural structures, and business decision making, to mention only a few examples.

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Published by: Birkhäuser

Publication Date: 2007-02-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783764375546

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7555-3

Dimensions: 240cm x170cm

Pages: 508