Makes you realize the math you leaned in school is pointless

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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

A quintessential presentation.

I have always been mesmerized by mathematics and its infinte implications; one could call it impassioned. Many people do not share my zeal. Some of these people are my family, friends, and associates. FINALLY I have a book to recommend that can open each and every one of them to unsuspected dimensions of this absolutely fascinating subject; the presentation alone will, I am sure, compel them to read on and on and on. I am awed at the scientific authenticity and gentleness with which Schneider creates such a sensible, spiritual, and harmonious synthesis. Utterly awed...and so very grateful. I'd love to see an index in the next edition.

It was difficult to put the book down long enough to type these comments!

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Schneider gives art & design students a book to learn from

Michael Schneider has given high school and college art and design students a book they can enjoy AND learn from, "Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe." Even international students with only basic English reading skills can appreciate and understand the contents. It is written in an understandable way and it's filled with wonderful and helpful illustrations that need no explanation. I'm sure that there will be a few scholars and post-Fermat mathematicians who will pooh-pooh Mr. Schneider's efforts, but I,for one, enjoyed the book...enough to use it for one of my texts for both graduate and undergraduate students in the art school where I teach philosophical geometry and linear perspective. Perhaps if there were more books like Mr. Schneider's on the market, our young students would not have some of the lowest reading levels in the world. Michael adeptly shows that dry old subjects like high school geometry have another far more interesting and dynamic side. He has brought an ancient realm of knowledge to the public's attention, and after the events of the last few months have shown in the media, we could all use a little turn of the head in other directions. Thank you, Mr. Michael Schneider, for refreshing the air.

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Makes you realize the math you leaned in school is pointless

great book

An addictive adventure in the history of natural math.

It was very difficult to put this book down. Not only does Schneider evince a love and profound knowledge of his material, but he communicates his passion to the reader with a clarity uncharacteristic of many math exposeurs. It is a perfect teaching vehicle for parents and their children to foster a heartfelt respect for the mathematical majesty of nature, using examples from cultural history across the globe. His discussion of music and symbolic geometry is especially enlightening. This book should be required reading for any and all educators. A wonderful read!

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