Was andere dazu sagen - Rezension schreibenReview: Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer?Nutzerbericht - David - GoodreadsThis is a wonderful book about the things that BREAK symmetry. Lots and lots of illustrations that truly bring the topic to life. The very first photograph is of a milk drop falling into a saucer of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen Review: Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer?Nutzerbericht - GoodreadsAnother of Ian Stewart's wonderful books. This one (at least, my edition) is apparently available only from UK, in a Penguin edition, although my copy (ordered through Amazon US) came quickly and inexpensively. This one is another fascinating read. Highly recommended! Ähnliche Bücher
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppenangle animal atoms axis basic Bénard convection bifurcation diagram bilateral symmetry blastula blobs break broken symmetry buckling cells centre chaos chapter chemical circles circular symmetry Couette flow Couette—Taylor creatures crystals cube Curie’s Principle cylinder disc droplets dynamics effect exactly example Figure flat flip flow flow-patterns fluid forces fundamental gaits galaxies Gastrulation geometry half a period hexagonal Hopf bifurcation human idea identical kind lattice legs move logistic equation look mathematical mathematicians mechanics mirror molecules morphogenesis nature observed occur oscillators particles patterns phase physical ping-pong ball plane possible precisely problem pronk quantum reflectional symmetry reflections regular result right-handed rigid motions rotational symmetry sequence shape space speed sphere spherical spiral square starfish stars structure symme symmetrically related symmetry group symmetry-breaking Taylor vortices theory there's tions transformations translations trot turbulent Taylor vortices Turing Turing’s types universe wave wavy vortices Bibliografische Informationen |