Numerology Or What Pythagoras Wrought
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Numerology, Or, What Pythagoras Wrought
Author: Underwood Dudley
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 1997
"Numerology is about numerology, which is the delusion that numbers have power over events. ... The message of the book is that numbers indeed have power, but the power is not over events, it is over the human minds. It is intended for anyone interested in human folly and requires no mathematical knowledge beyond arithmetic to understand."--Cover
Numerology or What Pythagoras Wrought
Author: Underwood Dudley
language: en
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Release Date: 2019-07-10
Numerology is the belief that numbers have power over events. It is a descendent of number mysticism, the belief the contemplation of numbers can give mystical and non-rational insights into life, the universe, and everything. Twenty-five hundred years ago, Pythagoras originated number mysticism, crediting certain numbers with characteristics, though numerology is a more recent invention that allots numbers, hence, characteristics to individuals. Underwood Dudley outlines here the history of number mysticism and numerology and gives many examples, including biorhythyms, Bible-numberists, pyram.
777 Mathematical Conversation Starters
Author: John de Pillis
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2002
Illustrated book showing that there are few degrees of separation between mathematics and topics that provoke interesting conversations.