Book, The Number of Things, Pythagoras, Geometry and Humming Strings

Diagram from Page 61 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Diagram for Paintings Squared Lunes (Hippocrates Of Chios)
Diagram from Page 103 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Diagram from Page 104 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Diagram from Page 118 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Diagram from Page 121 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Diagram from Page 131 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Diagram from Page 135 of E.G. Valens, The Number of Things
Description:

This book by Evans G. Valens was published in New York by E.P. Dutton in 1964. the copy comes from the library of the painter David Crockett Johnson, and served as the basis of several of Crockett Johnson's paintings.

Date Made: 1964

Maker: Valens, Evans G.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Mathematics

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Credit Line: Gift of Ruth Krauss in Memory of Crockett Johnson

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.3083.06.80Catalog Number: 1979.3083.06.80Nonaccession Number: 1979.3083

Object Name: book

Physical Description: paper (overall material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-6a54-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1347185

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