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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 32, Number 2, pages 173-176 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2021_2_173

A TIMELINE OF SYMMETRY 1800-2000

Stephen Weil^*

^* 25, rue Principale, 86430 Adriers, France
E-mail: stephenweil@yahoo.com

Abstract: The history of symmetry and group theory has been written about in numerous books and in thousands of academic papers. A timeline approach to the development of symmetry makes possible a graphical presentation of notable scientists, concepts and publications in a chronological form. A timeline allows viewers to appreciate the development of symmetry in multiple fields during the same period.

Keywords: timeline, time-map, history of symmetry, development of symmetry.

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