Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Office: UCLA, 2-240B Knudsen
Phone: (310) 825-8539
Webpage: Physics Dept Link

Certainly one of the most intriguing facts about viruses is that the large majority of them display full icosahedral symmetry, arguably the highest and also the most esthetically-pleasing symmetry shown in Nature. The elements of icosahedral symmetry involve 6 five-fold rotation axes, 10 three-fold, and 15 two-fold.