The Geometry of Meaning [Paperback]

Arthur M. Young (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Anodos Foundation (December 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892160013
• ISBN-13: 978-1892160010
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Striking and persuasive virtuosity of thought, February 9, 1999

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Timothy Blankenhorn (Villanova, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Geometry of Meaning (Paperback)

Arthur M. Young invented and created the Bell helicopter, the bubble-topped device we know from MASH, and the first commercially licensed helicopter in the country (and I think the world.) The same pragmatism, insight, and stubbornness that enabled him to realize that creation gives him the brainpower and audacity to come up with a theory of meaning that derives, in a flat-footed way, from equations of high-school physics. It stretches your brain in a direction, and to an extent, that will surprise you. I first read this book in the late 70's, and while it has attracted some following, it remains largely undiscovered. I have reread it twice recently and I see more each time. The Reflexive Universe is the sequel, and it is equally wonderful. AMY's thinking can be sampled at arthuryoung.com.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Rosetta Stone of Meaning, December 29, 2010

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Darryl Kanouse (Sherman Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geometry of Meaning (Paperback)

The Geometry of Meaning is a remarkable book, ambitious and insightful. Mr. Young walks the reader through the geometric relationships established in our understanding of things and ideas, while progressively moving towards his description of a "Rosetta Stone of Meaning" - a 12-fold map to overlay on our understandings. The Geometry of Meaning examines object/subject relationships, Aristotle's Four Causes, the equations of physics, The Zodiac, and much more.

0 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Arthur Young Helicopter, July 1, 2010

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Beata Apatoczky (Grand Rapids, MI, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geometry of Meaning (Paperback)

Although Arthur Young may have designed the first bubble helicopter....don't forget that Oszkar Asboth, a Hungarian, was the actual INVENTOR of the helicopter!