The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SYMMETRY SOCIETY

The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry was founded in 1989 to promote interdisciplinary research in the area of study of the forms of symmetry and the significance of the geometrical patterns in nature and society. 

The topic was introduced for the first time by Russian and Polish scholars. Then, in 1952, Hermann Weyl published his fascinating book Symmetry, which was later translated into ten languages. Since then, it has become an attractive research subject in various fields. A variety of manifestations of the principle of symmetry in sculpture, painting, architecture, ornament, and design, in organic and inorganic nature, has been revealed; the philosophical and mathematical significance of this principle has been studied. 

During the 1980s, the discussions concerning the nature of the world, whether it was essentially probabilistic or naturally geometric, revived the interest of the researchers to the topic. The intellectual atmosphere of this period facilitated the idea of the establishment of a new institution devoted to the study of all forms of complexity and patterns of symmetry and orderly structures pervading science, nature and society, which ultimately led to the establishment of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry. 

The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry is registered in Hungary. It serves as an anchor society for the following sister societies that are also focused on the same area of research.

• The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry in the United States (SIS-US);

• The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry — Australia

It cooperates with 

• The Symmetry Foundation, Hungary

The affiliate organisation in Latin America

• The Sociedad de Estudios Morfologicos de la Argentina (SEMA)

SIS is a member of the 

• Logica Universalis Association (LUA), based in Geneva, Switzerland.

SIS is registered in 

• The Union of International Organisations.