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Katachi ? Symmetry

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Tohru Ogawa

    1. Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

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  2. Koryo Miura

    1. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Structural Morphology Research, University of Tokyo and Professor Emeritus, Machida, Tokyo 195, Japan

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  3. Takashi Masunari

    1. Institute of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

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  4. Dénes Nagy

    1. Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
      Symmetrion-The Institute for Advanced Symmetry Studies, Budapest, Hungary

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Table of contents (47 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-XXIV
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  2. Plenary Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction:The Concept of the Symposium

      • Tohru Ogawa, Kôdi Husimi, Koryo Miura, Takashi Masunari, Dénes Nagy
      Pages 3-6

    3. Katachi and Symmetry

      • Tohru Ogawa
      Pages 7-26

    4. The Western Symmetry and the Japanese Katachl Shake Hands: Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry and Morphological Science (Formology)

      • Dénes Nagy
      Pages 27-46

    5. Growth and Form

      • Alan L. Mackay
      Pages 47-61

    6. The sun, the Moon, and the Eyeball —A Cosmic Correspondence

      • Kohei Sugiura
      Pages 63-73

    7. Symmetry in Mon and Mon-yo

      • Kōdi Husimi
      Pages 75-80

    8. Development and Modification of the “Holy Symmetrical Design” -West and East of the ‘Silk Road’-

      • Prince Takahito Mikasa
      Pages 81-90

    9. Dichotomies and Trichotomies in the Eastern and Western Cultures

      • György Darvas
      Pages 91-99

    10. Katachi versus Form — from the Viewpoint of Language

      • Akira Yanabu
      Pages 101-108

    11. Women’s Narratives and Anti-narratives: Re-reading Japanese Traditions

      • Phyllis I. Lyons
      Pages 109-116

    12. Symmetry-Canon: Music and Mathematics, Painting and Graphicization “Perpetuum Mobile”

      • Gian Franco Arlandi
      Pages 117-124

    13. A search for structure — in the footsteps of Cyril Stanley Smith

      • D. Weaire
      Pages 125-134

    14. A Note on the Cocoon Curve

      • Koryo Miura
      Pages 135-142

    15. How to Promote the Morphological Sciences

      • Ryuji Takaki, Yoji Arai, Masaki Utumi
      Pages 143-154

  3. Science on Form

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. 3D NMR Imaging of Foam Structures

      • Katsumi Kose
      Pages 157-164

    3. Automatic Frame Formation by Genetic Rules

      • So Ichikawa, Hiroshi Kawamura, Akinori Tani
      Pages 165-172

    4. Origami-Model of Crystal Structure, I. Rutile, Marcasite and Cubic Close Packing Structures

      • Shozo Ishihara
      Pages 173-178
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About this book

In Japanese culture the concept of katachi has special significance, connoting relationships and connectedness. Although katachi cannot be translated precisely, it corresponds most closely to "form," "shape," "pattern," or "Gestalt". The contemporary study of katachi is interdisciplinary and encompasses virtually all scientific and aesthetic endeavors. Katachi research seeks to bridge the gap between cultures - whether the "two cultures" of C.P. Snow or the contrasting cultures of East and West. To help achieve this aim and to foster international cooperation, the interdisciplinary symposium titled "Katachi "U" Symmetry" was convened in Tsukuba, Japan, November 21 - 25, 1994. With many participants from differing backgrounds and cultural perspectives, the symposium was the culmination of 15 years of work in the field. Like-minded researchers and philosophers came together from two movements in interdisciplinary studies of katachi and symmetry that arose in the 1980s, one in Japan, the other in Hungary. The proceedings of the symposium will stimulate and provoke the interest of scientists and mathematicians, engineers and architects, philosophers and semioticians - indeed, all those with a lively sense of curiosity and a wide-ranging intellect.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

    Tohru Ogawa, Dénes Nagy

  • Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Structural Morphology Research, University of Tokyo and Professor Emeritus, Machida, Tokyo 195, Japan

    Koryo Miura

  • Institute of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

    Takashi Masunari

  • Symmetrion-The Institute for Advanced Symmetry Studies, Budapest, Hungary

    Dénes Nagy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Katachi ? Symmetry

  • Editors: Tohru Ogawa, Koryo Miura, Takashi Masunari, Dénes Nagy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68407-7

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68409-1Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68407-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 417

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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