Sun-Tzu once said in his treatise on military strategy and tactics “The Art of War” that, “He who advances without seeking glory and who retreats without fearing disgrace is the jewel of the kingdom.” ...

Symmetry photography can be divisive. And perhaps that's because we teach photographers to be prejudiced against it, from the first time they pick up a camera. The first thing we tell people is to ...

Symmetry attracts us. Studies comparing people’s reactions to different faces have shown, for example, that they find highly symmetrical faces more attractive than less symmetrical faces. The symmetry ...

There's something inherently pleasing about things that match – from matching pillows on a couch to matching paintings on either side of a room. These elements create a sense of cohesion, balance, and ...

I know that symmetry photography can be divisive, but it's one of the first things that my eye looks for as a compositional tool. And this obviously goes against the first photographic rule that most ...

The picture shows ytterbium ions in an ion Coulomb crystal, taken with an EMCCD camera (electron multiplying CCD camera). The ionized atoms fluoresce in the laser light; the distance between the ions ...

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