A Little Book of Coincidence: In The Solar System

by John Martineau

Overview

Venus draws a beautiful pentagram around Earth every eight years. Jupiter's two largest moons draw a perfect four-fold flower. The Planets grandly play out the slow Music of the Spheres. Is there a secret structure hidden in the Solar System? Packed with great illustrations and serious research from many sources, this internationally bestselling pocket book by cosmologist John Martineau will instantly retune your cosmological circuits to the extraordinary and primary patterns behind Life, the Universe and Everything. WOODEN BOOKS US EDITIONS. Small books, BIG ideas. Tiny but packed with information. “Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952178061
Publisher:	Wooden Books
Publication date:	09/15/2022
Series:	Wooden Books North America Editions
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	514,539
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

John Martineau is the publisher and editor of the international Wooden Books pocket series. He also runs a technology company, specializing in local digital publishing. He is currently writing a popular science book on the fine-tuning problem in cosmology. A keen walker, he lives in Suffolk with his wife and children.

Read an Excerpt

Biological life is now thought to have appeared on this planet not long after its formation. It seems that the bacterial seeds for the process may have flown in on the tail of a comet or meteor. Speculation is again rife about life under the surface of Mars, on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, or indeed anywhere the sacred substance of liquid water is known to exist. The latest plots of the universe depict a structure eerily resembling a vast plasma neural network, suggesting to some observers the very real possibility of a cosmic mind.
The science of the cosmos has changed immeasurably since the Greek and medieval visions of circles of planetary spheres. However, despite all recent scientific advances the Earth remains a modern mystery—no convincing theory yet exists to explain the miracle of conscious life, nor the numerous cosmic coincidences which surround our planet. This books suggests that these two things may in fact be related, and shows that there are fundamental geometric and harmonic relationships in solar systems which have yet to be properly understood.
These days we scan the skies listening for intelligent radio signals and looking for other planets similar to our own. Meanwhile, our closest planetary neighbours make exquisite patterns around us, in space and in time, and no scientist has yet explained why. Why, for instance, are the Sun and the Moon the same size in the sky? Why does Venus weave the same 5-8-13 dance in the sky around us that most plants display here on Earth? Is this really all just a coincidence, or do these patterns perhaps explain the scientists ...

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Galactic Dust 2

The Solar System 4

Retrograde Motion 6

The Secret of Sevens 8

Geocentric or Heliocentric 10

Kepler's Visions 12

The Music of the Spheres 14

Bode's Law and Synods 16

Reading the Pictures 18

The Inner Planets 20

Mercury and Venus' Orbits 22

The Kiss of Venus 24

The Perfect Beauty of Venus 26

Mercury and Earth 28

The Alchemical Wedding 30

Calendar Magic 32

Cosmic Football 34

The Asteroid Belt 36

The Outer Planets 38

Fours 40

Outer Moons 42

Jupiter's Giant Seal 44

The Golden Clock 46

Octaves Out There 48

Galactic Geometry 50

Ice Halos 52

The Starry Signature 54

Dances of the Planets 56