Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities
Author(s): Richard (FRW) Adam (ILT); Henry Miranda (ILT); Tetlow Miranda; Lundy Lundy
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- : 0.42
- : 01 September 2005
- : 0.50000mm X 6.00000mm X 7.00000mm
- : 01 September 2004
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richard (FRW) Adam (ILT); Henry Miranda (ILT); Tetlow Miranda; Lundy Lundy
- : Hardcover
- : English
- : 512
- : oc2007114981
- : 64