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FIVEFOLD SYMMETRY
edited by István Hargittai (Hungarian Acad. Sci.)
Fivefold symmetry is common in flowers, fruits, molecules, logos, and buildings, but it is a forbidden symmetry in the world of crystals. A few years ago, the so-called quasicrystals were discovered displaying fivefold symmetry, and it caused a minirevolution in crystallography. There has been increased awareness of fivefold symmetry in all domains of human interest ever since. The present book brings together authors and ideas on a common theme from mathematics, the sciences, design, and anthropology to history, literature, and the arts. Its 29 chapters are an offering by scientists and humanists from 13 countries to a broad readership of professionals and laypersons about fivefold symmetry and the areas that are being bridged by this unique concept.
Contents:
- Fivefold Symmetry in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Beyond (J Brandmüller)
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800 Year Old Pentagonal Tiling from Maragha, Iran, and the New Varieties of Aperiodic Tiling it Inspired (E Makovicky)
- Fivefold Symmetry in Hyperbolic Crystallography (D Dunham)
- Pentagonal Chaos (C A Pickover)
- The Discovery of Space Frames with Fivefold Symmetry (S Baer)
- The Icosahedral Design of the Great Pyramid (H F Verheyen)
- A Mystic History of Fivefold Symmetry in Japan (K Miyazaki)
- Albrecht Dürer and the Regular Pentagon (D W Crowe)
- Fivefold Symmetry in the Graphic Art of M C Escher (R A Dunlap)
- Hawaiian Flowers with Fivefold Symmetry (M Hargittai)
- The Relationship between Mathematics and Mysticism of the Golden Mean Through History (J Kappraff)
- An Islamic Pentagonal Seal (W K Chorbachi & A L Loeb)
- and other papers
Readership: Scientists, humanists, artists and laypersons.
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Pub. date: Mar 1992 |
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