Overview
- Broad discussion of the role of symmetry in physical systems
- Explains the basics of periodic and aperiodic structures
- Brings physics and geometry together
- Both an enlightening reference work for researchers and an interesting study text for graduate students
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 113)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Symmetry exists in realms from crystals to patterns, in external shapes of living or non-living objects, as well as in the fundamental particles and the physical laws that govern them. In fact, the search for this symmetry is the driving force for the discovery of many fundamental particles and the formulation of many physical laws. While one can not imagine a world which is absolutely symmetrical nor can one a world which is absolutely asymmetrical. These two aspects of nature are intermingled with each other inseparably. This is the basis of the existence of aperiodicity manifested in the liquid crystals and also quasi-crystals also discussed in “Crystallography and the World of Symmetry”.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Crystallography and the World of Symmetry
Authors: Sanat K. Chatterjee
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69899-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-69898-2Published: 12 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08938-1Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-69899-9Published: 19 September 2008
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 152
Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems, Crystallography and Scattering Methods, Structural Materials, Engineering, general