Critical acclaim for fearful symmetry this books central theme involves two remarkably nonintuitive facts first a completely symmetric plane looks the same at every point and from every angle we find this uninteresting and pay it no heed thus what we detect as symmetry is in fact those symmetries that remain after the greater symmetry . Geometer god what is symmetry where did it go forever stones striped water the universe and anything turings tiger the patterns of tiny feet icons of chaos well is she appendices equations for icons computer programs for quilts figure 12 figure 13 figure 14 figure 15 figure 16 figure 17 . Fearful symmetry is god a geometer ian stewart martin golubitsky isbn 9780140130478 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Start your review of fearful symmetry is god a geometer write a review jan 26 2016 charlene rated it really liked it shelves biology chaos complexity emergence constructs general science physics going back to the beginning of the universe we see examples of symmetry breaking from quarks to the various forms comprised of them there seems to exist a fractal nature in how symmetry