AuthorHargittai, Istvรกn. author
TitleIn Our Own Image [electronic resource] : Personal Symmetry in Discovery / by Istvรกn Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai
ImprintBoston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2000
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4179-0
Descript XVII, 235 p. online resource

SUMMARY

The title of our volume refers to what is well described by the following two quotaยญ tions:"Godcreated man in his own image"l and "Man creates God in his own image."2 Our approach to symmetry is subjective, and the term "personal" symmetry reflects this approach in our discussion of selected scientific events. We have chosen six icons to symbolize six areas: Kepler for modeling, Fuller for new molecules, Pauling for helical structures, Kitaigorodskii for packing, Bernal for quasicrystals, and Curie for dissymmetry. For the past three decades we have been involved in learning, thinking, speaking, and writing about symmetry. This involvement has augmented our principal activities in molecular structure research. Our interest in symmetry had started with a simple fascination and has evolved into a highly charged personal topic for us. At the start of this volume, we had had several authored and edited symmetry related books behind 3 us. We owe a debt of gratitude to the numerous people whose interviews are quoted 4 in this volume. We very much appreciate the kind and gracious cooperation of Edgar J. Applewhite (Washington, DC), Lawrence S. Bartell (University of Michigan), R


CONTENT

1. Introduction -- 2. Perception and Symmetry -- 3. Johannes Kepler -- 4. Buckminster Fuller -- 5. Linus Pauling -- 6. Aleksandr Kitaigorodskii -- 7. Desmond Bernal -- 8. Pierre Curie -- 9. Epilogue -- Name Index


SUBJECT

  1. Medicine
  2. Chemistry
  3. Life sciences
  4. Physics
  5. Medicine & Public Health
  6. Medicine/Public Health
  7. general
  8. Life Sciences
  9. general
  10. Chemistry/Food Science
  11. general
  12. Physics
  13. general