Hargittai, István. Symmetry : : a unifying concept / [electronic resource] / István Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai.. — Bolinas, Calif. : Berkeley, Calif. : : Shelter Publications ; : Distributed in the U.S. by Ten Speed Press,, c1994.. — xviii, 222 p. : : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211) and index.

Right hand symmetry -- Shape & movement -- Right hand, left hand -- Pinwheels & windmills -- Reflection & rotation -- Snowflakes -- Buildings from above -- Cubes & other polyhedra -- Balloons, walnuts & molecules -- Antisymmetry -- Repeating everything -- Helix & spiral -- Bees & engineering -- Rhythm on the wall -- Diamonds & glass.



ISBN: 093607017X (Shelter Publications) 9780936070179 (Shelter Publications) 0898155908 (Ten Speed Press) : $18.00 9780898155907 (Ten Speed Press)

LCCN: 93042632

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Symmetry.
Symmetry (Physics)
Symétrie.
Symmetrie.

LC Class. No.: Q172.5.S95 / H37 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 516/.1