Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities

Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities
ISBN-10
0802714560
ISBN-13
9780802714565
Category
Mathematics
Pages
64
Language
English
Published
2005-07-01
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Description

Beautifully illustrated with many old engravings as well as contemporary imagery, "Sacred Number" covers basic counting systems and the widespread use of 20 important numbers from major religious texts; the importance of astronomy, geometry, and music to number quality; and how numbers affect architecture.

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