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(2005) Beyond art: a third culture, Dordrecht, Springer.
Symmetry breaking symmetry
Erwin Chargaff, Magdolna Hargittai, István Hargittai, Vera Molnár, Francois Molnár, Szaniszló Bérczi, Michael Stöltzner , Peter Weibel
pp. 154-189
Scarcely any term connects art and science more closely than symmetry. This was already a theme in ancient times, as is found in Vitruvius, for example. On the beach of an unknown island, a shipwrecked traveler finds neatly arranged geometric figures. Can he conclude from this that there is an intelligent creator (perhaps even a god)?
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Chargaff, E. , Hargittai, M. , Hargittai, I. , Molnár, V. , Molnár, F. , Bérczi, S. , Stöltzner, M. , Weibel, P. (2005). Symmetry breaking symmetry, in Beyond art: a third culture, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 154-189.
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