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	• A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science Michael S. Schneider Harper Paperbacks, 1995 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 47 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The author manages to get me to pull out my compass and actually draw geometrical patterns and explore the often-unexpected relationships between different shapes & patterns. And his joy in the subject inspires me to see nature's patterns and relationships as well, which seems to be the main point of the book.

A few reviewers seem to take at least some issue with some of the author's colorful ideas and statements, but I don't feel that they detract from the book in any powerful way, considering the author's intent to inspire fresh thinking in the student. Sometimes the best way to do this is to point to some unusual connections and coincidences. It's not a book about theorem and proof, but about falling in love with geometry (and in this it excels).

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A fascinating trip through symbolic math

Who knew that our universe is such a spectacularly ordered place? Michael Schneider takes us on a fantastic voyage through the primary numbers one through ten, and shows us how numbers and geometry have helped shape our world and the cosmos. Why is a manhole cover round? Because a circle, whose diameter is everywhere equal, is the only shape that won't fall into its own hole. Three symbolizes harmony -- life has a beginning, a middle and an end. Life forms are often characterized by pentagons (cut an apple in half crosswise and look at the seeds), while six is the number of structure-function-order, as seen in the hexagonal symmetry of crystals and snowflakes. This book is by no means for math majors only; even math dummies like this reviewer will find themselves totally caught up. Art and design students especially will appreciate the almost infinite variety of possible designs suggested within each primary number and the basic shapes (circle, square and triangle). Schneider also shows how, with a compass, pencil and straightedge, one can construct one's own symbolic universe. I came away from this book not only enlightened on the subject of symbolic math, but blown away by the relationship between geometry and religion. Because reading this book makes one realize that the universe is not random, as we see it within our limited scope, but has a definite function and order, and perhaps only the God who created it according to His plan can see it whole.

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Awakened!

When i read the book, i was awakened! And many secrets were revealed that were protected by elite societies in the past. Numbers shape the world, and the book explains why. In fact, it's common sense when you come to think about it. All shapes are numbers with appearance. Numbers cannot be seen. But they are manifested in the square as 4, triangle as 3. And to realize that all shapes can be derived by the vescica pesces, is amazing. Two circles that overlap at their centers. It's a metaphore that teaches us people how to interact with each other -- in a way that two beings should touch each other's centers ( but this is not included in the book...just a thought ).

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