Marcel Danesi

Pi (π) In Nature, Art, and Culture

Geometry as a Hermeneutic Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9789004433373
• ISBN-10: 9004433376
• Artikelnr.: 59988410

Autorenporträt

Marcel Danesi, Ph.D. (1974), is Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has published extensively in the field of mathematical cognition and education, and founded a center at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences to study the relation between mathematics, the mind, and culture.