Celestial Tapestry
The Warp and Weft of Art and Mathematics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 10 September 2020
- ISBN 9780198851950
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 207x164x22 mm
- Weight 488 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 184 illustrations 44
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Short description:
Celestial Tapestry reveals many remarkable tales, including: the secret message in a masterpiece from the court of Henry VIII; the ancient Chinese book of divination that gave us binary numbers; the connection between astrology, religion and the Apocalypse; and the accounting system that resulted in the burning of the Houses of Parliament.
MoreLong description:
Artists and scientists view the world in quite different ways. Nevertheless, they are united in a search for hidden order beneath surface appearances. The quest for eternal geometrical designs is also seen in the sacred mathematical patterns created by the world's great religions. Tibetan monks fashion chalk mandalas representing the emergence of order in the universe. Moslem architects wrap their buildings in elaborate abstract tessellating designs.
Celestial Tapestry places mathematics within a vibrant cultural and historical context. Threads are woven together telling of surprising influences that pass between the Arts and Mathematics. The story involves intriguing characters: the soldier who laid the foundations for fractals and computer art while recovering in hospital after suffering serious injury in the First World War; the mathematician imprisoned for bigamy whose books had a huge influence on twentieth century art; the pioneer clockmaker who suffered from leprosy; the Victorian housewife who amazed mathematicians with her intuition for higher-dimensional space.
very accessible, beautifully illustrated...wide ranging in theme and in ambition
Table of Contents:
Contents
A Magic Carpet Ride
The Fabric of Space, Time and Matter
Into the Labyrinth
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
The Elements
The Wheel of Fortune
The End of the World is Nigh!
Interstellar Overdrive
Weaving Numbers and Patterns
Burning Down the House
Rampant Rabbits
There's Magic in the Air
Doctor Illuminatus
The Book of Changes
Drawing out the Golden Threads
The Vanishing Point
The Golden Number
Optical Skullduggery
The Perils of Parallels!
Higher Space and a Deeper Reality
The Laws of Thought
Free Love in Many Dimensions
Into the Fourth Dimension
The Bride Stripped Bare
Aunt Alice in Wonderland
Wandering Round the Knot Garden
Let's Do the Twist
The Gordian Knot
All for One and One for All
Casting the Celestial Net
Painting By Numbers
The Flat Earth Society
Mapping the Cosmos
Answers to Puzzles
Further Reading
Quotation Sources
Illustration Credits
Index
