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Symmetry : a unifying concept / István Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai.

Title
Symmetry : a unifying concept / István Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai.
Author
Hargittai, István.
Publication
Bolinas, Calif. : Shelter Publications ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed in the U.S. by Ten Speed Press, c1994.

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Hargittai, Magdolna
Description
xviii, 222 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
Explains and illustrates some fifteen aspects of symmetry-related subjects.
Subject
  • Symmetry
  • Symmetry (Physics)
Genre/Form
Pictorial works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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)
  • 0898155908 (Ten Speed Press) :
LCCN
^^^93042632^
OCLC
  • 29429888
  • SCSB-10381016
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library