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Citation
(2011), "Symmetry in Chaos: A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature", Kybernetes, Vol. 40 No. 3/4. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2011.06740caa.013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Symmetry in Chaos: A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature
Article Type: Book reports From: Kybernetes, Volume 40, Issue 3/4
Michael Field and Martin Golubitsky2nd ed.2010£40.00 (hardback)199 pp.ISBN 978-0-898-71672-6
Keywords: Chaos theory, Cybernetics, Mathematics
This is a book for those who are competent mathematicians but also a book of beautiful pictures that have been produced by combining symmetry and chaos. The authors say that “[…] at first sight this seems to be paradoxical; merging order and disorder or yin and yan”.
The combination of the two is used to create pictures that in the main exhibit a different character from the more widely known fractal pictures. Many of the pictures generated do surprise the reader by their familiarity. An interesting exposition but not for everyone’s book shelf.