Symmetry, Causality, Mind

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Summary: A superb book
Review: Symmetry, Causality, Mind is a remarkable book. His author, Michael Leyton, observes that the mind uses shape to recover the past. Leyton presents, according to a psychological approach, the relationship between shape and time. Leyton shows that shape is converted into memory by means of symmetry. Professor Leyton's theory has been applied in numerous disciplines, such as art, anthropology, computer vision, forensic science, linguistics, and philosophy.

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Summary: Incredible
Review: The ideas held within this book are very astounding. There appear to be a wide array of different applications in many fields for some of his theories. Unfortunately, his pedantic writing style and amazing overuse of seemingly meaningless and unneccesarily long words makes it very difficult to read. If you are looking to get a reasonably good understanding of the book, I would suggest that you find some sort of synopsis or abridged version. It is a pain to wade through some of the more tedious recursive definitions and principles. I imagine though that, if you could sift through and find the underlying meaning, you would be left with a great wealth of knowledge about these many subjects.

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Summary: Outstanding.
Review: This is a truly interesting and original book. Leyton proposes that shape is the means of inferring history. He elaborates clearly and detail the inference rules by which shape can be converted into time. The scientific impact of Leyton's ideas has been considerable. I have seen applications of his work by people in medicine, archaeology, meterology, chemistry, linguistics, graphics, etc. A truly original mind. The book also is very well written and laid out. One of the most important books I have read.

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding.
Review: This is a truly interesting and original book. Leyton proposes that shape is the means of inferring history. He elaborates clearly and detail the inference rules by which shape can be converted into time. The scientific impact of Leyton's ideas has been considerable. I have seen applications of his work by people in medicine, archaeology, meterology, chemistry, linguistics, graphics, etc. A truly original mind. The book also is very well written and laid out. One of the most important books I have read.