Looking at Numbers
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Word Count
35,000 words, Guess
Page Count
140 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28154756M
- ISBN-139783034805537
- ISBN-103034805535
- OCLC Control Number816167873
- Library of Congress Control Number2013937613
Classifications
- LCCQA166-166.247QA1-939
Description
"Galileo Galilei said he was reading the book of nature as he observed pendulums swinging, but he might also simply have tried to draw the numbers themselves as they fall into networks of permutations or form loops that synchronize at different speeds, or attach themselves to balls passing in and out of the hands of good jugglers. Numbers are, after all, a part of nature. As such, looking at and thinking about them is a way of understanding our relationship to nature. But when we do so in a technical, professional way, we tend to overlook their basic attributes, the things we can understand by simply looking at numbers. Tom Johnson is a composer who uses logic and mathematical models, such as combinatorics of numbers, in his music. The patterns he finds while looking at numbers can also be explored in drawings. This book focuses on such drawings, their beauty and their mathematical meaning. The accompanying comments were written in collaboration with the mathematician Franck Jedrzejewski."--Page [4] of cover.
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