The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number

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pp.viii 294.”The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose.”

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ISBN 0767908155
ISBN13 9780767908153
Number of pages 294
Original Title The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number
Published Date 2002
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition very good
Binding hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York
Edition First edition
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pp.viii 294.”The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose.”

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Weight 1 kg