

A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe
Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science
Author: Michael S. Schneider
Narrator: Al Kessel
Unabridged: 12 hr 48 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 06/10/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Mathematics
Synopsis
● Why cans, pizza, and manhole covers are round.
● Why one and two weren't considered numbers by the ancient Greeks.
● Why squares show up so often in goddess art and board games.
● What property makes the spiral the most widespread shape in nature, from embryos and hair curls to hurricanes and galaxies.
● How the human body shares the design of a bean plant and the solar system.
● And much more.