Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities

by Miranda Lundy, Miranda Lundy (Illustrator), Adam Tetlow (Illustrator)

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802714565
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	09/01/2005
Series:	Wooden Books Series
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	342,094
Product dimensions:	5.89(w) x 7.11(h) x 0.45(d)

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.