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Held on Presidents' Day weekend, from February 16th through the 20th. The proceedings of this Vanderbilt Symposium were published as a book, readable at the https://archive.org/details/patternsofsymmet00symm/[Internet Archive].

\Image[https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/15201405-L.jpg]

The book's editors were Marjorie Senechal and George Fleck. Also included are essays from other contributors:
* \i[Color Symmetry and Its Significance for Science] by Arthur Lee Loeb
* \i[Change Ringing: Theory and Practice] by Alice Braunlich Dickinson
* \i[Renaissance Typographic Ornament: Origin, Use, and Experiments] by Elliot Offner
* \i[Symmetry: The Framework of the Earth] by Allan Ludman
* \i[Symmetries in Plants] by Philip D. Reid
* \i[Ambiguities in Symmetry-Seeking: Borges and Others] by George S. Fayen

Reprinted artwork from M. C. Escher appears three times in the book.


Smith College Symmetry Festival

Smith College Symmetry Festival (1973)

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A discursive unit of digital culture.

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Meme

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A puzzle-platformer published in 2012.


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A collection of poems by Ann Deagon, published in 1974 by the University of Massachusetts Press.

\Image[https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14815724-L.jpg]

Readable at the https://archive.org/details/carbon1400deag/[Internet Archive]. The second poem, \i[Arcadia], is a bit unhinged and the main reason I remember this book.


\i[Carbon 14]

<i>Carbon 14</i>

Carbon 14

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A pen and bistre drawing by Hieronymus Bosch.

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{title=\i[Man Tree]}

The eggshell tree human creature was also featured in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights#Right_panel[right-hand panel] of Bosch's triptych \i[The Garden of Earthly Delights]. This painted version was recreated by M. C. Escher in a https://www.nga.gov/artworks/54206-hell-after-hieronymus-bosch[lithograph titled "Hell"], and by Kentaro Miura in chapter 306 of the manga \i[Berserk].

\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bosch_follower_Scene_from_Hell.jpg]
{description=Another artist's drawing of the character.}

\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Boommens.jpeg]
{description=16th century imitation.}


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