The human visual system exhibits a remarkable ability to decipher the three-dimensional structure of the world from two-dimensional retinal images. Central to this process is the utilisation of shape ...

Symmetry is one of the “aesthetic concepts” used by scientists, along with simplicity, order, coherence, unity, elegance, and harmony, as indispensable prerequisites for the creation of scientific ...

To begin to understand what mathematicians and physicists see in the abstract structures of symmetries, let’s start with a familiar shape. We are fond of saying things are symmetric, but what does ...