Harper Perennial The Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science

Je recommande à 100%. Illustré et très bien expliqué, j'ai trouvé l'anglais très compréhensible.

This is a fantastic book that will spark your imagination and get you seeing the relationship between math and the cosmos in a new light. There are extensive quotes throughout the book that illuminate the pragmatic mathematics presented. If you are involved with building sciences at all (architects, structural engineers, carpenters, stereotomists), or you are coming at it from a more spiritual angle (the golden ratio, numbers representing divine principles), you'll find a vast warehouse of knowledge within this book. I often travel with this book, and leave it on a shelf in a hostel somewhere.

A reference book that is never far from my reach as I study the significance of the golden ratio throughout the universe and through our body and learn about the importance of order and balance for harmony, health and wellbeing. . Michael's descriptions creates better understanding of the importance of order for mind-body health and survival of life on earth.

I have bought a number of books on sacred geometry (Quadrivium , The Matrix of Creation , How the World is Made , Sacred Geometry , Patterns of Eternity ) looking for some profound answers but either they were caught up in the proof by mathematics or the sentimental wonder of the lovely symmetry or were showing their own niche discovery .They could all state what was going on but I think they lack the profound understanding of the big picture : the complex unity that is underwritten by the simplicity of parts . Schneider builds it from the base up collecting and connecting the logic of symmetry , philosophy of implication the understanding and wonder at the genius of the simple complexity of ordering and he doesn't confuse by laboring a point. Filled with examples from nature and geometry and history (architecture , iconography and symbolism ) and with succinct philosophical exactitude in text that illuminate ! He showed me in one sentence the significance of Fibonacci sequence . I have wasted a year chasing more pretentious , prettier books that lack the wisdom of this Guy .The text is also spiced with quotes & nuggets of history and sagacious analysis and humor . Brilliant ! Also the comments made about the book having a religious overtone are true and a person should be cautions buying this book for a young person who has strong religious instincts or upbringing . The author obviously is Masonic or worse and views (and promotes) mathematics as god itself when it is really only one manifestation of the genius of our world.Still for those interested in history and culture and fundamental insights into how the world is ordered spatially this is an excellent read .

One of those rare and precious books that changes the way you look at the universe. A masterful introduction to a profound topic, Schneider's book brilliantly plugs you into the poetic magic of a deep and ancient science in such a readable way that at the end you feel like you have been invited into the ranks of those chosen to guard a vital and secret doctrine. Wondrous.