Altmann, Simon L.

Icons and Symmetries

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Item #008641

Full red cloth. 104 pp. Slight bruise to spine head. Dust jacket bumped at extremities. Using only elementary mathematics, Altmann discusses the subtle relations between physical objects, models, and icons and explains some of the so-called "symmetry paradoxes." Each of the three chapters uses a case study to show, through both historical and physical ideas, how some of the major concepts of symmetry became established.

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