Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities by Lundy, Miranda

Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities

Numbers permeate every aspect of our lives; very little happens without a basic ability to manipulate the...
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Author: Miranda Lundy
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Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities by Lundy, Miranda

Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities

CHF 19.55

Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities

CHF 19.55
Author: Miranda Lundy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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.



Author: Miranda Lundy
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.94w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780802714565


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 115

About the Author

Miranda Lundy has studied the history of number for most of her life. The author of Sacred Geometry, she lives in England.


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