Beyond measure : a guided tour through nature, myth, and number /

This book consists of essays that stand on their own but are also loosely connected. Part I documents how numbers and geometry arise in several cultural contexts and in nature: the ancient musical scale, proportion in architecture, ancient geometry, megalithic stone circles, the hidden pavements of...

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Main Author: Kappraff, Jay
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2002.
Series:K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 28.
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