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The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one Fifth Edition
Author(s): Wolfgang Held (Author), Matthew Barton (Translator)
- Publisher: Floris Books
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2012
- Edition: Fifth Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 144 pages
- ISBN-10: 0863158641
- ISBN-13: 9780863158643
Book Description
One sun, two parents, three meals a day, four seasons, five fingers every child soon discovers that lots of things in life have an inherent number attached to them.
Just as five individual fingers become something much more important and powerful when combined together in a hand, these numbers are often much more than a simple addition of their parts: they are intrinsically connected to the object, expressing a particular quality.
In this readable little book, Wolfgang Held explores the fascinating qualities of numbers one to thirty-one. The Pythagorean School in ancient Greece had a saying, ‘all is number’. Held reveals the hidden numerical order of our world and our remarkable harmonic relationship with our surroundings.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The book is easy to read and requires no mathematical knowledge beyond the basics. It is full of fascinating snippets from history and culture. I particularly liked the explanation for the bizzare method of scoring in tennis, which must have puzzled generations Held’s charming book deserves to be widely read. It should serve as an ‘appetiser’, awakening us to a new feeling for the ‘inside’ of numbers.’
— Paul Carline, New View
‘Drawing on his anthroposophical background, the author provides a fascinating survey and commentary on the meaning and symbolism of numbers 1 to 31.’
— David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network Review
‘Every chapter is an invitation to consider and reflect and, with or without a calculator to hand, explore for ourselves the relationships and harmonies revealed in this absorbing and very readable little book.’
–Maarten Ekama, Perspectives
