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    Sacred Geometry
    Sacred Geometry
    Sacred Geometry
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    Sacred Geometry

    By Miranda Lundy

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    Is there a secret visual language all around us? What’s so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? Why is there something so sixy about circles? How many ways can you tile the plane? Lavishly illustrated by the author, this enchanting small introduction to one of the oldest and most widely-used ancient traditions on Earth will forever change the way you look at a triangle, arch, window, fabric repeat, ceramic pattern, graphic design, painting, spiral or flower. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWooden Books
    Release dateApr 1, 2018
    ISBN9781912706020
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    • 4/5
      This is a fascinating book of designs and how to draw them using compass and straightedge. I was one of those schoolboys who tried to draw pentagons and heptagons in his notebook. Wish I had a copy of this one back then! On the downside, the text display on my windows laptop was buggy. I would have liked to zoom in to read the text in a larger font and admire the diagrams. Alas! Zooming in the usual ways just relocated the tiny text, lost the diagrams, or sometimes both. I was forced to read it in 3-point type. Hopefully this is a technical issue that could be fixed.
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      I loved this, read it in an afternoon, not even, amazing imagry

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