Sacred Number - The Secret Quality Of Quantities

Informationen zum Autor Miranda Lundy has studied the history of number for most of her life. The author of Sacred Geometry , she lives in England. Klappentext Numbers permeate every aspect of our lives; very little happens without a basic ability to manipulate the simple whole numbers we all take for granted. Beautifully illustrated with old engravings as well as contemporary imagery, Sacred Number introduces basic counting systems; significant numbers from major religious texts; the importance of astronomy, geometry, and music to number quality; how numbers affect architecture. Lundy explains why the ideas of Pythagoras still resonate, and she profiles each number from one to ten to show its distinct qualities: why, for example, the golden section is associated with five, and seven with the Virgin Mary.

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• Autori: Miranda Lundy, Miranda/ Lundy Lundy
• Con la collaborazione di: Miranda Lundy (Illustrazione), Adam Tetlow (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Macmillan USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2005
• EAN: 9780802714565
• ISBN: 978-0-8027-1456-5
• Pagine: 58
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 178 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Wooden Books; Wooden Books
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali