Crystal and Dragon: The Cosmic Dance of Symmetry and Chaos in Nature, Art and Consciousness

by David Wade and David G. Wade

Book Overview

We live in a universe of apparent dualities: light and darkness, reason and romance, order and chaos. Exploring the interplay of form and energy, David Wade takes the reader on a journey through the world of successive ages--from Plato's conception of the ideal form and the ancient Chinese philosophy of change to the modern scientific view of structure and indeterminacy as embodied in the laws of physics. The author shows us how perceptions about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892814047
• ISBN13: 9780892814046
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 11.0"