Asymmetrical people make jealous lovers

Asymmetry could account for a fifth of the variation in romantic jealousy from person to person, says a Canadian researcher.

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more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.

By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.
- M. C. Escher

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The Geometry of Art and Life


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The Geometry of Art and Life
Copyright 1977
By Matila Ghyka

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The Divine Proportion - A Study in Mathematical Beauty


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The Divine Proportion - A Study in Mathematical Beauty
Copyright 1970
By H. E. Huntley

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