From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific Concept

• Main Authors: Hon, Giora (Author), Goldstein, Bernard R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 20
• Subjects: History.; Aesthetics.; Philosophy and science.; Architecture.; Mathematics.; Physics.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Architectural History and Theory.

The concept of symmetry is inherent to modern science, and its evolution has a complex history that richly exemplifies the dynamics of scientific change. This study is based on primary sources, presented in context: the authors examine closely the trajectory of the concept in the mathematical and sc...