A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes

Description: A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art and Science by Michael S. Schneider; First edition 1995; 351 pages; ISBN # 978 0 06 092671 7. The book in new and has never been read. Given its vintage it does have very minor shelf wear. The Universe may be a mystery, but it's no secret. Michael Schneider leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and the human body, expressed in the symbolic language of folk sayings and fairy tales, myth and religion, art and architecture. This is a new view of mathematics, not the one we learned at school but a comprehensive guide to the patterns that recur through the universe and underlie human affairs. A Beginner's Guide to the Universe shows you: Why cans, pizza and manhole covers are roundWhy one and two weren't considered numbers by the ancient GreeksWhy squares show up so often in goddess art and board gamesWhat property makes the spiral the most widespread shape in nature, from embryos and hair curls to hurricanes and galaxiesHow the human body shares the design of a bean plant and the solar systemHow a snowflake is like Stonehenge, and a beehive like a calendarHow our ten fingers hold the secrets of both a lobster and a cathedralAnd much more

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