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Pi (π) In Nature, Art, and Culture: Geometry as a Hermeneutic Science

Pi (π) In Nature, Art, and Culture: Geometry as a Hermeneutic Science

Danesi, Marcel

Hardcover

General MathematicsGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004433376
ISBN13: 9789004433373
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 10 2020
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
In Pi (π) in Nature, Art, and Culture Marcel Danesi revisits the importance of π 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 to do with a circle, but might harbor the archetype of circularity as a principle.

Through π, this book thus revisits the implicit ancient Greek view that geometry was a 'hermeneutic science, ' a discipline aiming to investigate the connectivity among numbers, shapes, and natural phenomena. It also examines its manifestations in aesthetic, symbolic and cultural structures, which point to an abiding fascination with the circle as an unconscious archetype. Hermeneutic geometry is ultimately about the exploration of the meanings of geometric-mathematical notions to science and human life.

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