The Symmetries of Things John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Dec 9, 2012 - The salient point here is that two different compositions of symmetries can end up being the same thing. But defining symmetry in a few words without handwaving sometimes leads only to hand waving. It's human nature to look at something symmetric and call it beautiful. Product Details: Author(s): John Horton Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss. Meaning symmetry often is one of those things we see but can't quite say. May 19, 2014 - GO Downloads The Symmetries of Things John Horton Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman- >GO Downloads Book. May 7, 2014 - Time reversal and time symmetry are two different things: doing a T-transformation is a mathematical operation; trying to reverse time is something real. Sep 22, 2012 - I posted a piece titled Messianic symmetries on ZP a while back, noting that both Ahmadinejad and Netanyahu can be viewed as exercising “leadership that makes decisions out of messianic feelings” — the quote comes from an unimpressed ex-Shin Beth director describing Bibi; Ahmadinejad makes the case for . Sep 6, 2013 - Symmetry knows symmetry. Let's take an example from kinematics to illustrate the matter. Sep 2, 2009 - Physicists are obsessed with symmetry, perhaps even more than people with an OCD. And in the grand lila of things, Great Irony knew I'd wind up at Zenpundit and thought it would be fun in retrospect, and provide me with a neat paragraph. Aug 8, 2012 - Living things are not crystalline for the most part. Crystallinity is static and devoid of the many necessary degrees of freedom needed for life.