Asymmetry in Otherwise Symmetrical Matter

Abstract

We have so far discussed the symmetry present in patterns, crystals, and the physical laws. If symmetry is understood as something that limits the number of possible forms of matter and there can be no existence beyond that boundary defined by this symmetrical world, then it can be found that it is not totally correct. Actually, there is almost no existence of a matter in perfect symmetrical state, and as a consequence, the symmetry must be treated as no more than ideal norm from which there is always deviation in reality. If this deviation is called asymmetry, then the problem of symmetry-asymmetry must be understood more closely and intimately. Symmetry and asymmetry are two closely related phenomena that exist in nature, in substances, and even in physical laws, and in fact they are so closely interlinked that they must be viewed as two aspects of the same concept. If beautiful gems and crystals found in nature are the representation of symmetrical world, water in its bulk structural form shows total asymmetrical arrangement of its molecules.