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Author:   Werner Hahn (Art & Science Research Institute, Germany)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 26.70cm
Weight:   1.724kg
ISBN:  

9789810223632

ISBN 10:   9810223633
Pages:   532
Publication Date:   20 October 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1 On the concept and significance of symmetry: the discovery of symmetry; on the term symmetry from the Antiquity to the Renaissance; the development of an exact concept of symmetry through scientific progress; on symmetry and asymmetry as evolutionary factors in nature; the development of an evolutionary concept of symmetry; evolutionary symmetrizations in two and three dimensions; on the syntax and semantics of symmetrism. Part 2 On the problem of organic formation: can an artist approach the world and its content only in a metaphorical way?; evolution as a fairy tale, theory or fact?; can we observe evolution directly? Part 3 Evolutionism/ars evolutoria - the theory of light/colour and form, morphogenesis, morpho-mutability and morpho-evolution as causal form theory: on the question whether there can be a pre-object, pre-morph life process of form in nature and art; preliminary evidence and proof for the principle of symmetrization as a form of trend in space and time; causes and processes of morphological evolution; essential facts and interpretations; the architects symmetrization and asymmetrization as the basis for the perception of things and orders as well as insight behaviour, cultural evolution; reanimation of modernism using integrating Neo-Renaissance; evolutionary symmetry theory and universal evolution theory.

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