Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Symmetry and Complexity in Early Culture and Philosophy -- 1.1 Cultural and Cosmic Harmony -- 1.2 Cultural and Cosmic Diversity -- 2. Symmetry and Complexity in Mathematics -- 2.1 Symmetry and Group Theory -- 2.2 Symmetry Breaking and Bifurcation Theory -- 2.3 Complexity, Nonlinearity and Fractals -- 3. Symmetry and Complexity in Physical Sciences -- 3.1 Symmetry in Physics -- 3.2 Symmetry Breaking and Phase Transitions -- 3.3 Complexity, Attractors and Dynamical Systems -- 4. Symmetry and Complexity in Chemical Sciences -- 4.1 Symmetry in Chemistry -- 4.2 Symmetry Breaking and Chirality -- 4.3 Complexity, Dissipation and Nanosystems -- 5. Symmetry and Complexity in Life Sciences -- 5.1 Symmetry in Biology -- 5.2 Symmetry Breaking and Evolution -- 5.3 Complexity and Biodiversity of Life -- 6. Symmetry and Complexity in Economic and Social Sciences -- 6.1 Symmetry, Social Balance, and Economic Equilibrium -- 6.2 Symmetry Breaking and Socio-economic Transitions -- 6.3 Complexity and Sociodiversity of Globalization -- 7. Symmetry and Complexity in Computer Science -- 7.1 Symmetry and Complexity in Information Dynamics -- 7.2 Symmetry and Complexity in Computational Dynamics -- 8. Symmetry and Complexity in Philosophy and Arts -- 8.1 The Philosophy of Symmetry and Complexity -- 8.2 The Beauty of Symmetry and Complexity -- References -- Subject Index -- Name Index.