The symmetry of faces is simple and bilateral, but other three-dimensional objects can be symmetric in complex ways, leading to different kinds of beauty. Bathsheba Grossman, a sculptor in Santa ...

In general usage, symmetry most often refers to mirror or reflective symmetry; that is, a line (in 2-D) or plane (in 3-D) can be drawn through an object such that the two halves are mirror images ...

I'm being deliberately vague here because there are so many different kinds of symmetry. For example, sometimes you can change the sign of the charges on particles, sometimes you can run processes ...

He and his young son spend an afternoon identifying 14 different types of symmetry represented in paving patterns, ornamentation, and tile work. To the layman, the patterns may look simply like ...

So how many other types of symmetry are there? Remarkably, we now have a definitive answer. Thompson, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, and Tits, of the Collège de France in Paris ...

People with symmetry OCD feel intense distress when things don’t feel “just right” or aren’t symmetrical, even if there’s no clear logic behind it. Symmetry OCD isn’t a personal choice ...

Humans appreciate symmetry—it seems to be part of who we all are deep down—so it is no surprise that physicists look for various types of symmetry in models that seek to explain the workings ...