Celestial Tapestry - Mee, Nicholas (Director, Virtual Image Publishing Ltd and Quantum Wa
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Celestial Tapestry reveals many remarkable tales, including: the secret message in a masterpiece from the court of Henry VIII; the ancient Chinese book of divination that gave us binary numbers; the connection between astrology, religion and the Apocalypse; and the accounting system that resulted in the burning of the Houses of Parliament.

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Celestial Tapestry reveals many remarkable tales, including: the secret message in a masterpiece from the court of Henry VIII; the ancient Chinese book of divination that gave us binary numbers; the connection between astrology, religion and the Apocalypse; and the accounting system that resulted in the burning of the Houses of Parliament.
Autorenporträt
Nicholas Mee studied theoretical physics and mathematics at the University of Cambridge, where he gained his PhD in particle physics. He has authored numerous multimedia titles including The Code Book on CD-ROM with Simon Singh and Connections in Space with John Barrow, Martin Kemp and Richard Bright. He has played key roles in several significant science and art projects including the European SCIENAR project and the 2012 Henry Moore and Stringed Surfaces exhibition at the Royal Society. He is author of the award-winning popular science books Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered and Gravity: Cracking the Cosmic Code, as well as The Cosmic Mystery Tour, published by Oxford University Press in 2019.