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Sacred Number : The Secret Quality of Quantities
Overview
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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780802714565
- ISBN-10: 0802714560
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
- Publish Date: August 2005
- Dimensions: 7 x 5.94 x 0.45 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.43 pounds
- Page Count: 64
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