Fearful symmetry: (Record no. 295822)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01340nam a2200181Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780140130478 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500 STE.F |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Stewart, Ian; Golubitsky, Martin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fearful symmetry: |
| Remainder of title | Is God a Geometer? |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1992. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 287 p. ; 20 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | A very nice book explaining the mathematical concept of symmetry and its application to patterns formations in physics, biology, astronomy etc |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Geometer God; what is symmetry?; where did it go?; forever stones; striped water; the universe and everything; Turing's tiger; the pattern of tiny feet; icons of chaos; well, is she?. Appendices: equations for icons; computer programs for quilts. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Symmetry is one of the most powerful and wide-ranging of mathematical ideas with recent work on symmetry breaking, when symmetrical patterns are slightly altered or corrupted, throwing up an extraordinary range of applications and natural examples, from the stripes on a tiger\'s back to the territorial patterns of fish and to the structure of viruses. This book looks at the applications of symmetry and symmetry breaking to subjects as diverse as weather patterns, crystal structures, the buckling of beams and particle physics. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Symmetry |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Gift or donation | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 500 STE.F | DCBG-0070 | 01/09/2015 | 01/09/2015 | Book | GIFT BY SHRI. N. SUDHAKARAN |