A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S Schneider

A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S Schneider

Discover how mathematical sequences abound in our natural world in this definitive exploration of the geography of the cosmos

You need not be a philosopher or a botanist, and certainly not a mathematician, to enjoy the bounty of the world around us. But is there some sort of order, a pattern, to the things that we see in the sky, on the ground, at the beach? In A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, Michael Schneider, an education writer and computer consultant, combines science, philosophy, art, and common sense to reaffirm what the ancients observed: that a consistent language of geometric design underpins every level of the universe, from atoms to galaxies, cucumbers to cathedrals. Schneider also discusses numerical and geometric symbolism through the ages, and concepts such as periodic renewal and resonance. This book is an education in the world and everything we can't see within it.

Contains numerous b&w photos and illustrations. 

Michael S. (Michael S.) Schneider is a teacher who teaches teachers, artists, architects, and youngsters about nature's numerical language in order to foster new perspectives on nature, science, art, and mathematics. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and the University of Florida with a Master's Degree in Math Education. He spent eleven years as a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar in India, where he taught in public schools. He devised the geometry harmonizing the statues at the entry of St. Paul's Cathedral as an education writer and computer consultant. John the Divine in his home city of New York City.