Spiral Symmetry

By: Istvan Hargittai, Clifford A. Pickover (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 March 1992

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From the tiny twisted biological molecules to the gargantuan curling arms of many galaxies, the physical world contains a startling repetition of spiral patterns. Today, researchers have a keen interest in identifying, measuring, and defining these patterns in scientific terms. Spirals play an important role in the growth processes of many biological forms and organisms. Also through time, humans have imitated spiral motifs in their art forms, and invented new and unusual spirals which have no counterparts in the natural world. Therefore, one goal of this multiauthored book is to stress the conspicuous role that spirals play in science, and to show the reader how to create such spirals using a computer. Another goal is to show how simple mathematical formulas can reveal magnificent shapes and images. This interdisciplinary book revolves around a common theme, spiral symmetry, and is intended for scientists, humanists, and interested laypeople.

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Non-Fiction Mathematics Geometry Computing & I.T.Computer Science Booktopia Publisher Services World Scientific Publishing Science Science in General

Preface
Contributors
The Spiral in Nature, Myth, and Mathematics	p. 1
Does the Golden Spiral Exist, and if not, Where is its Center?	p. 47
Pythagorean Spirals	p. 63
Dynamical Spirals	p. 73
Random Spirals	p. 83
Spiral Galaxies	p. 95
Spiral-Based Self-Similar Sets	p. 107
Symmetry and Spirals: An Artist's Personal Statement	p. 123
Spiral Structures in Julia Sets and Related Sets	p. 129
The Evolution of a Three-Armed Spiral in the Julia Set, and Higher Order Spirals	p. 135
Autonomous Organization of a Chaotic Medium into Spirals: Simulations and Experiments	p. 165
Broken Symmetry and the Formation of Spiral Patterns in Fluids	p. 187
Oscillations, Waves, and Spirals in Chemical Systems	p. 221
Determination of Spiral Symmetry in Plants and Polymers	p. 251
Electromagnetic Theory for Chiral Media	p. 281
Sunflower Quasicrystallography	p. 295
On the Origins of Spiral Symmetry in Plants	p. 323
Green Spirals	p. 353
The Form, Function, and Synthesis of the Molluscan Shell	p. 369
Isometric Systems in Isotropic Space: An Artist's Personal Statement on Spiral and Other Map Projections	p. 389
Helmet	p. 395
Spinning Descartes into Blake: Spirals, Vortices, and the Dynamics of Deviation	p. 399
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