The Golden Ratio
The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number
Mario Livio
Discover the fascinating story of 'The Golden Ratio,' a curious mathematical relationship at the heart of the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. Mario Livio takes readers on a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics as he explores the role of phi, or 1.6180339887..., and its appearance in everything from mollusk shells to the shape of the galaxy. Learn about the phi-fixated individuals, including Pythagoras and Johannes Kepler, who believed this proportion revealed the hand of God. Experience a world where order, beauty, and eternal mystery coexist.
Publish Date
2003-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
2003-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2002
Goodreads Rating
3.8
ISBN
9780767908160
Categories
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2019-04-26T03:23:19.000Z
Some Fun with Gentle Chaos, the Golden Ratio, and Stochastic Number Theory, with Gaming Applications: #abdsc by @granvilleDSC @DataScienceCtrl #Mathematics #Statistics
—————
Learn all about the Golden Ratio in this fantastic book: – source