Galileo

I would call this my masterpiece. It has got a classic appeal of beauty and simplicity. Eveytime i see it, i am left mesmerized. I call it a double ambigram. It has both horizontally bilateral symmetry (mirror image) and rotational symmetry (180 degrees). It draws inspiration from John Langdon's version of Galileo (which is only 180 degree rotationally symmetrical). As you can see the 'ear' and 'loop' of 'g' are made similar and just enough for readability. I have yet to see any other ambigram which incoporates both these symmetries at the same time.

'That's exactly how the search for truth is supposed to work. You see something and then you try everything you can think of to make it go away; you turn it inside out and upside down, and push on it from every possible angle. If its still there, maybe you've got something.'

The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, K. C. Cole.

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