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T**E
Awesome read for Geometry Freaks!
This is a great and easy read! This should be used in most math classes!
L**E
Very good. Very personal
I really appreciate how the author expresses her personal opinions and experiences with numbers throughout this book -not in long anecdotes -but in small ways that give a full grasp of the material. Also, this allows here to express her own theories of numbers, history, and religion in a way that I found refreshing -despite not always agreeing.
S**R
well written but heavy on new age
pro: well written and clearly explained number patterns. good, but brief, historical backgrounds.con: definitely heavily weighted towards the view that fascinating number patterns are somehow intrinsically "magic" and very lacking in showing the real scientific magic of how theses patterns work in nature and in physics
M**O
Great primer!
Great primer! I really enjoyed the mix of math, history and mysticism and how it combines all three in a practical guide for mindfulness when approaching this subject. The chapter on the Knights Templar was particularly good
B**D
Whether you were the king's court astrologer or a farmer marking the best time for planting
Much of math history comes to us from early astrologers who needed to be able to describe and record what they saw in the night sky. Whether you were the king's court astrologer or a farmer marking the best time for planting, timekeeping and numbers really mattered. Mistake a numerical pattern of petals and you could be poisoned. Lose the rhythm of a sacred dance or the meter of a ritually told story and the intricately woven threads that hold life together were spoiled. Ignore the celestial clock of equinoxes and solstices, and you'd risk being caught short of food for the winter.
S**L
Book Review.
A book of trivial information for the brain that needs to be filled with numbers, formulas, and the mysteries of the universe (as we know it). Wait... if we know it, it's no longer a mystery. Not a book I would necessarily want to read again.
G**N
Explains a lot !
Good reference/beginning to knowin about things I've heard about for years. Makes you want to know more,
B**E
I liked the approach of the author and all the uses ...
Not what I actually expected, but lots of research went into this. I liked the approach of the author and all the uses for numbers.
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