There is an elaborately carved ancient gate, often considered the most beautiful in Japan, that is completely symmetrical except for a tiny design flaw. The story goes that the artist fashioned one ...

When most of us think of symmetry, we think of looking into a mirror or playing patty-cake with a child. As Oxford don du Sautoy (The Music of the Primes) tells readers, this is only the tip of the ...

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 ...

Peg uses a magic ukulele to find the line of symmetry on shapes. Peg uses a magic ukulele to find the line of symmetry on shapes that form steps. The steps should lead her to the Kingdom of Day, where ...

How do we measure beauty? The poets and romantics might argue that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this doesn’t explain why so many actors, models, and stars are universally accepted as ...

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 ...

Reflective symmetry is when a shape can be folded in half, with either side of the fold being a mirror image of the other. Rotational symmetry is when a shape can be rotated and it still looks the ...