AUTHOR: MARC-ALAIN OUAKNIN
PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
PUBLICATION DATE: NOVEMBER 2004
ISBN: 2843236320
U.S. LIST PRICE: $24.95
HARDCOVER; 6 " x 8 1/5"
400 PAGES, 150 COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS

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USA- Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book-publishing house behind such inspirational titles as The Great Religions: Essential Questions, Hagaddah, Symbols of Islam, Symbols of Catholicism, Symbols of Judaism and Symbols of Love will release a new title this fall entitled The Mystery of Numbers. Who invented zero? Who was Pythagoras? Why is it said that 6 is a perfect number? Is it true that numbers have magic powers? Numbers have proven to be a challenging and uniting force throughout civilization. From India to Baghdad and Toledo to Reims, The Mystery of Numbers explores the tremendous history of numbers from the 5th century to the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. Combining scholarship with play, The Mystery of Numbers tackles—in a simple and educational manner—the history, symbolism, and philosophy of figures and numbers, revealing surprisingly spiritual answers at every turn. We are presently scheduling interviews with the Marc-Alain Ouaknin. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com.   Press and interview requests please contact Ryan Urcia at urcia@workhousepr.com.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Rabbi and a doctor of philosophy, Marc-Alain Ouaknin is the director of the ALEPH Center for Jewish Studies (Paris) and an associate professor at the University of Bar-Ilan (Israel), where he teaches philosophy and comparative literature. Among his many works, Ouaknin has published The Burnt Book (Princeton University Press, 1995), I'll Tell You a Story (Creative Education, 1997), Mysteries of the Alphabet (Abbeville Press, 1999), Mysteries of the Kabbalah (Abbeville Press, 2001), and from Assouline Publishing, Symbols of Judaism (1995), and Hagaddah: The Passover Story (in collaboration with Gérard Garouste, 2001).

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From The Mystery of Numbers by Marc-Alain Ouaknin (Assouline, Nov. 2004).

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