TY - BOOK AU - Schneider,Michael S. TI - A beginner's guide to constructing the universe: : the mathematical archetypes of nature, art, and science SN - 0060926716 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - HarperPerennial KW - Mathematics KW - Philosophy KW - FAST KW - Symbolism of numbers KW - Archetype (Psychology) N2 - '...leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and teh human body, expressed in the symbolic language of folk sayings and fairy tales, myth and religion, art and architecture. This is a new view of mathematics...a comprehensive guide to the patterns that recur through the universe and underlie human affairs.' ER -