Symmetry in Chaos; a Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature

Field, Michael; Golubitsky, Martin

ISBN 10: 0198536895 / ISBN 13: 9780198536895

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1992

About this Item

Near fine first edition 4to with owner bookplate on first glued down endpaper, in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of edgewear/curling along top edge, some surface dulling and a couple of superficial scuffs. Mathematical introduction to the theories of symmetry and chaos with color illustrations of various pattern forms. 218 pp. Mathematics, Science, Symmetry, Chaos, Patterns. Education.

Seller Inventory # 005006

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Symmetry in Chaos; a Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198536895
• ISBN 13: 9780198536895
• Binding: Paper Covered Boards
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education
  • Nonfiction
  • Science

About this title

Synopsis

This volume illustrates the varied pictures that may be produced when the seemingly contradictory ideas of symmetry and chaos are combined. Unlike the more modernistic fractal art, the symmetric chaos pictures have a classical, familiar feel. To emphasize this point, many of the designs are accompanied by contrasting pictures from architecture, art and nature. The book is written in layman's terms, and attempts to explain, in an elementary fashion, the mathematical ideas on which the symmetric chaos pictures are based. A number examples of symmetric chaos in the real world are presented, including engineering problems, "chaotic trains" and the pattern formation in fluid turbulence.

About the Author

About the Authors:
Michael Field is Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of Sydney. He has published several books and papers in advanced mathematics. In 1990, he was Visiting Scientist at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Cornell University.
Martin Golubitsky is Cullen Professor of Mathematics at the University of Houston. He is co-author with Ian Stewart of Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer.