The golden ratio : the story of phi, the world's most astonishing number /
Phi, the world's most astonishing numer
Mario Livio.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Broadway Books, 2002.
- viii, 294 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-277) and index.
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Tells the story of phi, the never ending, never repeating number known as the Golden Ratio, written as 1.6180339887..., looking at how it has been used, and claims about its use, throughout the history of mathematics.
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Golden section. Plane geometry. Ratio and proportion.