The Fifth Hammer: Pythagoras and the Disharmony of the World

by Daniel Heller-Roazen

How the ordering of the sensible world continues to suggest a reality that no notes or letters can fully transcribe.

An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras discovered the secrets of harmony within a forge when he came across five men hammering with five hammers, producing a wondrous sound. Four of the five hammers stood in a marvelous set of proportions, harmonizing; but there was also a fifth hammer. Pythagoras saw and heard it,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193540816X
• ISBN13: 9781935408161
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher