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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hon, Giora (Autor), Goldstein, Bernard R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 20
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tradition: Ancient Perspectives and Their SurvivalintheEarlyModernEra
  • The Mathematical Path
  • The Aesthetic Path
  • New Aesthetic Sensibilities in Italian and French Architecture
  • The Ancient Concept of Symmetry in Scientific Contexts in Early Modern Times and Its Association with Harmony
  • The Path to Revolution: Symmetry as a Modern Scientific Concept
  • The Treatment of Symmetry in Natural History (1738-1815)
  • Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): "Revolutions" That Did Not Happen
  • Legendre's Revolutionary Definition of Symmetry as a Scientific Concept (1794)
  • New Applications of Symmetry in Mathematics and Physics: 1788-1815.