A Little Book of Coincidence (Wooden Books) |  | Author: John Martineau
Publisher: Walker & Company
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Sales Rank: 41178
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 64
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0802713882
Dewey Decimal Number: 113
EAN: 9780802713889
ASIN: 0802713882
Publication Date: April 1, 2002
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Product Description
A most unusual guide to the solar system, A Little Book of Coincidence suggests that there may be fundamental relationships between space, time, and life that have not yet been fully understood. From the observations of Ptolemy and Kepler to the Harmony of the Spheres and the hidden structure of the solar system, John Martineau reveals the exquisite orbital patterns of the planets and the mathematical relationships that govern them. A table shows the relative measurements of each planet in eighteen categories, and three pages show the beautiful dance patterns of thirty six pairs of planets and moons. Wooden Books Small Books, Big Ideas Historically, in all known cultures on Earth, wise men and women studied the four great unchanging liberal arts -numbers, music, geometry and cosmology-and used them to inform the practical and decorative arts like medicine, pottery, agriculture and building. At one time, the metaphysical fields of the liberal arts were considered utterly universal, even placed above physics and religion. Today no one knows them. Walker & Company is proud to launch Wooden Books, a collectable series of concise books offering simple introductions to timeless sciences and vanishing arts. Attractively simple in their appearance yet extremely informative in content, these unusual books are the perfect gift solution for all ages and occasions. The expanding title range is highly collectable and ensures continuing interest. In addition, the books are non-gloss and non-color, appealing to a greener book-buying public. Wooden Books are ideally suited to non-book outlets. Wooden Books are designed as timeless. Much of the information contained in them will be as true in five hundred years time as it was five hundred years ago. These books are designed as gifts, lovely to own. They are beautifully made, case-bound, printed using ultra-fine plates on the highest quality recycled laid paper, finished with thick recycled endpapers and sewn in sections. There are fine, hand drawn illustrations on every page. The fast-moving world of Wooden Books brings you a selection of fascinating titles. All hardcover, 64 pages, 100% recycled paper at $10.00 each.
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 Not about coincidence February 24, 2006
G. MCDONOUGH (Santa Fe, NM USA)
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
The Wooden Books series is wonderful. This is a beautiful member of the line, but it is about the geometric harmonies of the solar system, not so much about coincidence as such, so I felt a little disappointment.
I have been looking for a book on coincidence. This is not it.
 Marvelous April 21, 2005
James Owen (Paris, France)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a really great little book, a work of art. I like the way John Martineau leaves it to you, the reader, to make up your own mind over what these amazing coincidences mean. The pictures are beautiful. What an incredible place our solar system is. Why dont teachers teach us these things in school??
 very disappointing March 12, 2005
avilarey (Paris, France)
9 out of 22 found this review helpful
I was looking for a book that provides an alternative, "esoteric" point of view on the solar system. Unfortunately i was completely misled by the table of contents which looked very appealing. In fact the actual contents of each chapter are very small, and sometimes have nothing to do with the title of the chapter! Page after page the author keeps looking for coincidences in ratios between sizes, periods and orbits of the planets. But after 5 pages it becomes very repetitive and boring.
My final impression is that the author has not found an efficient approach to the object he is trying to study. Astrology is probably the efficient approach to better understand our solar system.
Interesting at least. November 27, 2004
T. DuBois (Toorak, Victoria, Australia)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I very much like the fact that this book isn't trying to state these coincidences are all part of a grander scheme. It lets us pose that question for ourselves.
The Spiro-graphic orbits - especially that of Venus / Earth are incredible. I must say though, a few of these coincidences are a stretch. Adding and subtracting whole numbers from phi allow many of these to occur, and I cannot see how this can be rationalized. Maybe I didn't understand it correctly, or I'm looking to deep into it.
This book is simple, and poses no views. In my opinion, look at it as interesting cosmic relations and planetary art - but don't look into it much further.
The best book yet on Cosmic Weirdness May 25, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I don't know what the previous reviewer was going on about - personally I found the planet-centred pictures fascinating (in particular those involving the small planetoid Chiron which turns out to be highly harmonic/resonant with its neighbours). If I had one criticism of this book it would be that the author does not in fact go into resonance as the likely explanation for many of the coincidences he describes, but hey, since most scientists don't seem to talk about it either (they haven't quite cracked it yet), I can see why he goes for the Harry Potter style instead. This is a great book, leave it by the toilet, read a little every day, and have your brain fundamentally rewired. Why has nobody noticed all this stuff before? Astophysicists, this is your wake-up call!
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