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The History of Symmetryby Compasswallahtwitter: @fadesingh

“As above, so below”, the motto of Hermeticism.From the The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus.

Actual text: “"That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracle of the One Thing."

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

"Then the warrior, winner of war, with his heroic valour, the subduer of the extremely arrogant beings, he who has the brilliance of stars, he who has the brilliance of the vanquisher of fearless elephants, the enemy seated on a chariot, began to fight."

- Shishupala Vadha, by Magha (7-8CE)

The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci (1490)contains mirror writing.

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

A Brief Story Of Polyhedra ...plate on the right fromMax Bruckner, "Vielecke und Vielflache" (Leipzig, 1900)

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Traité de cristallographie (1822) by René Just HaüyThe History of Symmetry

a talk by Compasswallah

A Slow Birth Of Crystallography, and the Role in physics, optics and Astronomy.

Eléments de géométrie (1794) Legendre’s definition of symmetryis defined as a relation, not as a property. Instead of additionOr subtraction..this is an operationIn 3D space. A new mathematics.

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Roots of Unity. Imaginary numbers, how algebrabecame Geometry. Now symmetryCan be applied to Algebra .

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Symmetry group of a Equilateral Triangle. The Birth of Group Theory With Evariste Galois. Algebra Is reduced to symmetry. Both geometry And algebra are now Symmetry.

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

D6, the symmetry group of a regular Hexagon. And? .

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

D6, the symmetry group of a regular Hexagon. And?

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

BENZENE!!!!

[symmetry ]....in - aesthetics ( perception) - architecture - biology ( botany, zoology ) - chemistry - mathematics ( algebra, geometry, probability and logic ) - physics - crystallography

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Chirality

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Some Chiral Molecules ( also includes....LSD)

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

A new physics based on symmetry! Emmy Noether, time symmetry, conservation laws

“....antimatter, is particle hysics based on a symmetric principle?”

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

“....Darb-i-Imam shrine,Isfahan, Iran (1453 AD)”

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

“....Ancient Penrose Tiles and quasicrystals?”The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Is there a God-like monotile in 2D?

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Tiling in 3 dimensions. Socolar-Taylor monotile, is there a God tile?

The History of Symmetrya talk by Compasswallah

Shukriya!for coming...I'm @fadesingh on twitter

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