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In Our Own Image - Personal Symmetry in Discovery (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
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In Our Own Image - Personal Symmetry in Discovery (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
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The title of our volume refers to what is well described by the
following two quota 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."
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