Description

This work presents the reflections of Velimir Khlebnikov (born Viktor Khlebnikov, 1885–1922) on the consistent patterns of numbers pertinent to the fates of countries and people. It is written in a form of a discourse between a teacher and a student, who discuss linguistic findings made by the student, the rise of cities in relation to distances between them, and the passage of time that governs historical events. The text includes mathematical formulae and tables. Khlebnikov was born in Astrakhan Province and lived most of his life in Kazan ...