From Summetria to Symmetry

From Summetria to Symmetry

Bernard R. Goldstein / Giora Hon

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Editorial:
Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2010
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Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología sobre la sociedad
ISBN:
9789048178841
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1. Introduction, 2. The Mathematical Path, 3. The Aesthetic Path, 4. New Aesthetic Sensibilities in Italian and French Architecture, 5. The Ancient Concept of Symmetry in Scientific Contexts in Early Modern Times and Its Association with Harmony, 6. The Treatment of Symmetry in Natural History (1738-1815), 7. Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): ’revolutions’ that did not happen, 8. Legendre’s Revolutionary Definition of Symmetry as a Scientific Concept (1794), 9. New Applications of Symmetry in Mathematics and Physics: 1788-1815, Coda: Legendre’s Choice of Symmetry-What’s in a Word? References

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