NobelprizeChemistry

Nobel Prize Chemistry 2011.

Crystals of golden proportions:
Daniel Shechtman received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals, perfectly ordered materials that never repeat themselves. 

The X-ray diffraction pattern reflects the atom positions in a crystal.
"It's all about symmetry".

The Discovery of Quasicrystals:
The atoms in the crystal in front of Shechtman yielded a forbidden symmetry. It was just as impossible as a football – a sphere – made of only sixcornered polygons. Since then, mosaics with intriguing patterns and the golden ratio in mathematics and art have helped scientists to explain Shechtman’s bewildering observation. 

i) http://news.discovery.com/earth/nobel-prize-chemistry-111005.html
ii) http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/sciback_2011.pdf
iii) http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/info_publ_eng_2011.pdf

iv) CalculArt at the Dennos