Talk:Asymmetry

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[edit] Planning a rewrite

I would like to take a crack at doing a major rewrite of this article. If anyone would like to comment/discuss before hand, please drop me a note or comment here. Thanks! HEL 21:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I moved the images from the old article here for safe-keeping. Most of these don't seem useful for illustrating asymmetry. HEL 16:55, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Geometry puzzle asymmetry.

Molecular asymmetry.

Many animals display symmetry along one axis and asymmetry along another.

Symmetry of the body.

Time is unidirectional.

The asymmetry of the asteroid and "nub" and the south pole is suggestive that it suffered a large impact event.

Earth's shape is symmetrical, while it's asymmetrical in other ways - form of continents, rotation, etc.

Okay, I've basically rewritten the whole article. Comments, criticisms, improvements most definitely wanted! Several sections still need work: the introduction, the biology section, and the chemistry section in particular. My original motivation for doing this was to create the subsection on asymmetries in particle physics collider experiments. HEL 18:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images wanted!

It would be nice to include the following images in this article:

• A picture of a halibut (or other flatfish) showing clearly the way its two eyes are on one side of its body. The pictures in the main halibut article aren't clear enough. HEL 16:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction needs work

The introduction to this article needs to be rewritten. Any volunteers, please be bold! HEL 18:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Asymmetry in Art?

The new edit made no sense to me and doesn't seem to actually have anything to do with asymmetry, so I've reverted it. Preserved here for posterity. HEL 17:28, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Postmodernism moves toward asmmetry as the sheer volume and type of work becomes insurmountable due to the digital age. Art Historians struggle to develope a unified movement and give into the inevitablity of the loss of a small group of "superstar" artists. The true loss of control by institutions began in the 1960's conceptual art movement and finally begins to materialize.