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.

Sacred Number: The Secret Quality of Quantities (Wooden Books)

Science & Math

Lundy, Miranda

Mathematics

Bloomsbury USA

The quadrivium-the classical curriculum-comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and cosmology expresses number in space and time. Number, music, and geometry are metaphysical truths: life across the universe investigates them; they foreshadow the physical sciences. 
Quadrivium is the first volume to bring together these four subjects in many hundreds of years. Composed of six successful titles in the Wooden Books series-Sacred Geometry, Sacred Number, Harmonograph, The Elements of Music, Platonic &amp; Archimedean Solids, and A Little Book of Coincidence-it makes ancient wisdom and its astonishing interconnectedness accessible to us today.
Beautifully produced in six different colors of ink, Quadrivium will appeal to anyone interested in mathematics, music, astronomy, and how the universe works.
Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the classical philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books are designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Eco friendly and educational. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in print worldwide and growing.

Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology (Wooden Books)

Arts & Photography

Sutton, Daud

Ashton, Anthony

Martineau, Jason

Music

Sacred Number (Wooden Books Gift Book)

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Wooden Books

Is there a secret visual language all around us? What's so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? Why is there something so sixy about circles? How many ways can you tile the plane? Lavishly illustrated by the author, this enchanting small introduction to one of the oldest and most widely-used ancient traditions on Earth will forever change the way you look at a triangle, arch, window, fabric repeat, ceramic pattern, graphic design, painting, spiral or flower. WOODEN BOOKS USA. Small books, BIG ideas. Tiny but packed with information. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST.

Sacred Geometry (Wooden Books North America Editions)

Graphic Design

Y a-t-il un langage visuel cach dans tout ce qui nous entoure Qu'y a-t-il de si spcial dans la forme de la Grande Pyramide De combien de manires peut-on couvrir un plan Pourquoi les cercles exercent-ils sur nous une telle fascination La gomtrie sacre cartographie l'ensemble des nombres dans l'espace. Elle diffre de la gomtrie ordinaire car ses mouvements, concepts et produits sont empreints d'une valeur et d'une signification symboliques. Ce petit ouvrage d'initiation illustr fait dcouvrir l'une des plus anciennes et des plus prouves des sagesses ancestrales. Il changera dfinitivement la manire dont vous regardez un triangle, un arc, une fentre, un motif de tissu ou de cramique, une spirale ou une fleur.

Géométrie sacrée

Essays & Commentary

Marabout

Geometria Sagrada/Sacred Geometry (La aventura de la ciencia / The Adventure of Science) (Spanish Edition)

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Oniro

Numero Sagrado as Qualidades Secretas das Quantidades (Em Portugues do Brasil)

É Realizações Editora

Quadrivium: Die vier klassischen freien Künste: Arithmetik, Geometrie, Musik und Astronomie

History & Philosophy

Librero b.v.

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