From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific Concept
Author:   Giora Hon ,  Bernard R. Goldstein
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Volume:   20
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9789048178841


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 November 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Giora Hon ,  Bernard R. Goldstein
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Volume:   20
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9789048178841


ISBN 10:   9048178843
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Tradition: Ancient Perspectives and Their SurvivalintheEarlyModernEra.- The Mathematical Path.- The Aesthetic Path.- New Aesthetic Sensibilities in Italian and French Architecture.- The Ancient Concept of Symmetry in Scientific Contexts in Early Modern Times and Its Association with Harmony.- The Path to Revolution: Symmetry as a Modern Scientific Concept.- The Treatment of Symmetry in Natural History (1738–1815).- Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) and Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): “Revolutions” That Did Not Happen.- Legendre’s Revolutionary Definition of Symmetry as a Scientific Concept (1794).- New Applications of Symmetry in Mathematics and Physics: 1788–1815.

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From the reviews: Hon and Goldstein's book is, primarily, a historical study of the term 'symmetry' and the concepts associated with it up to the early 1800s. ! a contribution to fruitful discussion between historians and philosophers of science. ! For philosophers of science, such historical work is invaluable. (Katherine Brading, Metascience, Vol. 19, March, 2010)


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