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Author: Hermann Weyl
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Edition: New edition
Volume: 47
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.227kg
ISBN: 9780691023748
ISBN 10: 0691023743
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 21 January 1983
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
Dr. Weyl presents a masterful and fascinating survey of the applications of the principle of symmetry in sculpture, painting, architecture, ornament, and design; its manifestations in organic and inorganic nature; and its philosophical and mathematical significance. -- Scientific American Weyl offers deep insight into [the concept of symmetry], its foundations in group theory, its applications in physics, chemistry, and biology, and its role in art. --Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler in Laws of the Game
Dr. Weyl presents a masterful and fascinating survey of the applications of the principle of symmetry in sculpture, painting, architecture, ornament, and design; its manifestations in organic and inorganic nature; and its philosophical and mathematical significance. Scientific American
This short book on a vast subject is the work of a master. With a few sure and authoritative words [Weyl] gives us the heart of the matter. There is no book ... quite like this one on the subject of symmetry and I doubt if any book will be written in the future that will not in some way lean upon this one...[I]t contains so much besides mathematics that it can still be read with profit and enjoyed by someone who has not advanced beyond long division. --John Tyler Bonner, Science Dr. Weyl presents a masterful and fascinating survey of the applications of the principle of symmetry in sculpture, painting, architecture, ornament, and design; its manifestations in organic and inorganic nature; and its philosophical and mathematical significance. --Scientific American Weyl offers deep insight into [the concept of symmetry], its foundations in group theory, its applications in physics, chemistry, and biology, and its role in art. --Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler in Laws of the Game Vivid and picturesque... [Weyl is] an outstanding thinker. --Wolfgang Yourgrau, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Author Information
Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, and a key figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the author of many books.
