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What is Fivefold Symmetry about?
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.
- Author
- Istvan Hargittai; World Scientific (Firm)
- Publisher
- World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Company
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789810206000
- Subjects
- Science, Stem
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