Fearful Symmetry and probably everyone has seen

and probably everyone has seen at least one

it ventures into virtually all of the classical arts

Although he wrote operas with English words as well as songs and orchestral music

seen merely

Editor Rollin Smith

Fearful Symmetry and probably everyone has seenThis fascinating study explores a fundamental paradox behind the patterns of the natural world, in which symmetrical causes lead to asymmetrical effects. Lesser and greater patternsthe structure of subatomic particles, a tiger's stripes, the shapes of clouds, and the vibrations of the starsare produced by broken symmetry. This accessible exploration of the physical and biological world employs the mathematical concepts of symmetry to consider the