| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: A magic carpet ride -- Part I. 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 -- Part II. Weaving Numbers and Patterns. Burning down the house -- Rampant rabbits -- There's magic in the air -- Doctor illuminatus -- The book of changes -- Part III. Drawing Out the Golden Threads. The vanishing point -- The golden number -- Optical skullduggery -- The perils of parallels! -- Part IV. 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 -- Part V. Wandering Round the Knot Garden. Let's do the twist -- The Gordian knot -- All for one and one for all -- Part VI. Casting the Celestial Net. Painting by numbers -- The flat Earth society -- Mapping the cosmos -- Puzzles : answers |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from HTML homepage (Oxford, viewed October 15, 2020) |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Miscellanea
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Science -- History -- Miscellanea
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Civilization -- Miscellanea
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Civilization
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Mathematics
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Science
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Trivia and miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192592927 |
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0192592920 |
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9780192592934 |
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0192592939 |
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9780191886690 |
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0191886696 |
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