Embedded Symmetries: Natural and Cultural

by Dorothy K. Washburn (Editor)

Overview

Scholars representing several disciplines examine how patterns and symmetry are expressed and resonate in a variety of man's creations and cultures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826331526
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	10/15/2004
Series:	Amerind Foundation New World Studies Series
Pages:	199
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Dorothy Koster Washburn is a consulting scholar in the American Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum. She is the editor of Embedded Symmetries, Natural and Cultural (UNM Press, 2004)

Editorial Reviews

"This book marks a significant advance in a field that too few people know or care about—human made symmetry in its mathematical, perceptual, and sociocultural dimensions. . . . Recommended."

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