MetaFilter posts tagged with symmetry

Symmetry Explorer

Effigy2000 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:22:42 -0800

Symmetry Explorer grabs photos from Flickr on any subject you like (e.g. kittens, hamsters, whatever) and then presents them as pairs of mirrored halves. Other cool examples; Pencils, Owls, Babies. [via mefi projects]

'There is no such thing as polywater because if there were, there would also be an animal which didn't need to eat food. It would just drink water and excrete polywater' - Richard Feynman

Large Marge — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:34:51 -0800

If you were doing research in the 60s, You might've heard of Polywater, A form of water that exhibited wide variety of interesting characteristics and existed under identical conditions to that of normal water. Eventually debunked, none the less is a fascinating story. Naturally one draws parallels to Vonnegut's ice nine, but did you know there actually is an ice nine? In fact, there's twelve to sixteen types of ice, depending on your opinion. More recently, computer simulations have indicated water may structure itself into icosahedra, which, incredibly, is the platonic solid (described over 2000 years ago!) representing the element water! And if you don't know what an icosahedron is, I bet you've used one before. One of the most ubiquitous, and arguably most important, substances in our lives, our understanding of water is far from complete.

Symmetry. Shakespeare. Islamic medicine. Creative writing challenges.

Wolfdog — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:28:17 -0800

Symmetry. Shakespeare. Islamic medicine. Creative writing challenges. Four podcast series from University of Warwick.

Body symmetry and intelligence

Gyan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:30:28 -0800

Body Symmetry and Intelligence

Masterpiece Persian Carpets

hortense — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:06:45 -0800

WEALTH OF KINGS Very nice collection of rare and beautiful works of the rug weavers art,including fascinating history of the middle east.

"Symmetry" exhibit explores a design concept that's the basis of Schindler House

matteo — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:08:45 -0800

"Symmetry": the basis of Schindler House. (BugMeNot)

The race for antihydrogen

ozomatli — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:54:08 -0800

ALPHA and ATRAP are two collaborations of physicists racing to trap and study antihydrogen. To the winner most likely goes a Nobel Prize. The proposed comparison of hydrogen to antihydrogen promises to give an extremely senstive test of CPT invarience. Why do we care? Thats a whole Noether matter...

Tile it!

Gyan — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:48:54 -0800

Escher Web Sketch [Java]

The Physical Attributes of a Beautiful Face

Carlos Quevedo — Sat, 17 May 2003 22:02:35 -0800

The first time ever I saw your face: Is beauty perhaps not entirely in the eye of the beholder? [Via LinkFilter.]

Experiments in photosymmetry

riffola — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:57:58 -0800

pallalink takes urban architectural symmetry to new abstract extremes. Be sure to view the archives. [via lightningfield.com]