
Symmetry Orbits
Hugo F. Verheyen(Author)
Birkhauser Boston Inc (Publisher)
Published on 26. January 1996
Book
Hardback
VIII, 236 pages
978-0-8176-3661-6 (ISBN)
Description
In a broad sense design science is the grammar of a language of images rather than of words. Modem communication techniques enable us to transmit and reconstitute images without needing to know a specific verbal sequence language such as the Morse code or Hungarian. Inter national traffic signs use international image symbols which are not An image language differs specific to any particular verbal language. from a verbal one in that the latter uses a linear string of symbols, whereas the former is multidimensional. Architectural renderings commonly show projections onto three mutually perpendicular planes, or consist of cross sections at different altitudes capable of being stacked and representing different floor plans. Such renderings make it difficult to imagine buildings compris ing ramps and other features which disguise the separation between and consequently limit the creative process of the architect. floors, Analogously, we tend to analyze natural structures as if nature had used similar stacked renderings, rather than, for instance, a system of packed spheres, with the result that we fail to perceive the system of organization determining the form of such structures.
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Edition
1996 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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VIII, 236 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
541 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8176-3661-6 (9780817636616)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-4074-7
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Content
I Realization of Symmetry Groups.- 1 Groups of Isometries.- 2 Symmetry Action.- 3 Orbit Systems.- II Compounds of Cubes.- 4 Classification of the Finite Compounds of Cubes.- 5 Stability of Subcompounds.- 6 Higher Descriptives.- 7 Assembling Models.- Appendix: Historical Survey.- References.- Illustratory Contributions.