Looking beyond the boundaries of various disciplines, the author demonstrates that symmetry is a fascinating phenomenon which provides endless stimulation and challenges. He explains that it is possible to readapt art to the sciences, and vice versa, by means of an evolutionary concept of symmetry. Many pictorial examples are included to enable the reader to fully understand the issues discussed. Based on the artistic evidence that the author has collected, he proposes that the new ars evolutoria can function as an example for the sciences.The book is divided into three distinct parts, each one focusing on a special issue. In Part I, the phenomenon of symmetry, including its discovery and meaning is reviewed. The author looks closely at how Vitruvius, Polyclitus, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci and Durer viewed symmetry. This is followed by an explanation on how the concept of symmetry developed. The author further discusses symmetry as it appears in art and science, as well as in the modern age. Later, he expounds the view of symmetry as an evolutionary concept which can lead to a new unity of science. In Part II, he covers the points of contact between the form-developing process in nature and art. He deals with biological questions, in particular evolution.The collection of new and precise data on perception and knowledge with regard to the postulated reality of symmetry leads to further development of the evolutionary theory of symmetry in Part III. The author traces the enormous treasure of observations made in nature and culture back to a few underlying structural principles. He demonstrates symmetry as a far-reaching, leading, structuring, causal element of evolution, as the idea lying behind nature and culture. Numerous controllable reproducible double-mirror experiments on a new stereoscopic vision verify a symmetrization theory of perception.

The papers published here have been written by friends, former students and colleagues of Luigi Radicati di Bronzolo on the occasion of his 70th birthday to express the affection and deep esteem he induced in them with his considerateness, intelligence, knowledge and culture. The papers appear in two volumes; on the basis of their titles it is easy to recognize that they may be grouped according to the following subjects: 1) Atomic, molecular and nuclear physics; 2) Astrophysics; 3) Elementary particles; 4) Mathematics; 5) Physical and biological ordered and disordered states; 6) Principles of quantum mechanics and of field theory.

Thisbook isnotatextbook tobecomeacquainted with thelaws ofnature. An elementaryknowledgeaboutlawsofnature,inparticularthelawsofphysics,is presupposed. Thebookisratherintendedtoprovideaclari?cationofconcepts and properties of the laws of nature. The authors would like to emphasise that this book has been developed – created – as a real teamwork. Although the chapters (and in some cases parts of the chapters) were originally written by one of the two authors, all of them were discussed thoroughly and in detail and have been revised and complemented afterwards. Even if both authors were in agreement on most of the foundational issues discussed in the book, they did not feel it necessary to balance every viewpoint. Thus some individual and personal di?erence or emphasis will still be recognisable from the chapters written by the di?erent authors. In this sense the authors feel speci?cally responsible for the chapters as follows: Mittelstaedt for Chaps. 4, 9. 3, 10, 11. 2, 12, 13 and Weingartner for Chaps. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8. 2, 9. 2, 9. 4. The remaining parts are joint sections. Most of the chapters are formulated as questions and they begin with arguments pro and contra. Then a detailed answer is proposed which contains a systematic discussion of the question. This is the respective main part of the chapter. It sometimes begins with a survey of the problem by giving some important answers to it from history (cf. Chaps. 6 and 9).

Newly enlarged classic covers basic concepts and terminology, lucid discussions of geometric symmetry, other symmetries and approximate symmetry, symmetry in nature, in science, more. Solutions to problems. Expanded bibliography. 1975 edition.

jThis thoroughly updated and revised text contains a selection of well-written essays based on Silvermans work on a wide range of topics, including: quantum mechanics, including atomic and nuclear physics, electromagnetism and optics, gravity, thermodynamics, and the physics of fluids. Presenting a personal odyssey in physics, Silverman investigates processes for which no visualizable mechanism can be given, or that seem to violate fundamental physical laws (but do not). The discussions use little mathematics, and anyone with a little college physics will be able to read the book with pleasure. -Engagingly written -Easily understandable by both the general reader and the seasoned physicist -Covers a diversity of subjects from "hot" topics in contemporary physics to less widely known but subtle and intriguing issues in physics -Discusses real physical systems whose behavior provokes, surprises and challenges the imagination -This second edition is newly revised and updated

Genesis 2000 - The Forbidden Initiatic Version - is based on the original Hebrew Language, lost six hundred years before Christ, and in which Moses wrote Genesis. 'Genesis 2000' is a profound spiritual-scientific text which has never been published before for good reasons! The Bible which we possess is far from being the exact translation of the Genesis of Moses. The French scholar, who restored the tongue of Moses to its original purity, knew very well that he would clash with old age accepted religious errors and prejudices if he did so. He said, 'In choosing to restore the Hebraic tongue to its original form, I have not been ignorant of any of the difficulties, nor any of the dangers awaiting me. But if one had to listen always to those pusillanimous considerations, what things would ever be perfected?' And also, 'Many men have, at different times and among different peoples, possessed the understanding of the Sepher in the way that I possess it; but some have prudently concealed this knowledge whom divulgence would have been dangerous at that time, while others have enveloped it with veils so thick as to be attacked with difficulty.' (Fabre d'Olivet, 'The Hebrew Tongue Restored'). Maimonides, Jewish Rabbi, savant and philosopher of the 13th century said, 'Taken to the letter, 'Genesis' gives the most absurd and extravagant account of the creation and of divinity. Whoever shall know the true sense of it ought to take care not to divulge it. This is an advice that all our sages repeat to us, above all in what concerns the work of the six days. If a person should discover the true meaning of it, he ought to speak of it obscurely, in an enigmatic manner as I do myself; leaving the truth to be guessed by those who can understand me. (Maimonaides 'More Nevochovim' Parch.II Cap.xxix) What is the secret that has been so carefully guarded throughout the ages? Do you want to know? Do you want to know the Truth? If you are a scientist, or a human being who have resolved questions about God, your origin, creation, the sense of being, and your final destiny; If you feel stumped in your growth or in your investigations by old-age accepted errors, 'Genesis 2000' concerns you directly regardless of race or creed! Finds true, intelligent answers to essential questions, read 'Genesis 2000'. Fascinating! Spiritual-Scientific! Divine-Human! Personal and Infinite! Profound! Intelligent! Awe-Inspiring! It may well be the only version of creation acceptable in the next century!

This study shows the connections between quantum mechanics and molecular biology, and that many of the phenomena of biology have closely-related counterparts in physics. Gives evidence that there are three domains of the natural world, physics, biology and what we shall call duology, whose basic mechanisms of operation are remarkaby similar$69.95 129+pp. 1993

In the field of architecture, urbanism, and heritage studies, the realm of contemporary ideas is in a constant state of evolution, reflecting the dynamic nature of our surrounding world. Amidst this intricate tapestry, this collection of book chapters, appropriately titled "Convergence of Contemporary Thought in Architecture, Urbanism, and Heritage Studies," emerges as a guiding light through a maze of concepts, challenges, and imaginative solutions. The chapters within this volume traverse the globe, exploring diverse cultural, geographical, and temporal settings. Each chapter offers distinctive perspectives on various facets of the constructed environment, ranging from the preservation of architectural heritage to the modeling of urban energy consumption, from the fusion of traditional and innovative approaches to the consequences of human habitation on natural ecosystems.