Pi (π) in nature, art, and culture : : geometry as a hermeneutic science / / by Marcel Danesi.

In 'Pi in Nature, Art, and Culture' Marcel Danesi revisits the importance of pi as a pattern in the structure of reality, fitting in with the Pythagorean view of Order. Pi has cropped up in formulas that describe natural and physical structures which, on the surface, seem to have nothing t...

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Superior document:Studies in Mathematics in the Arts and Humanities ; Volume 1
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Studies in mathematics in the arts and humanities ; Volume 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (144 pages).
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