| Description |
xii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The texture of beauty -- The divine proportion -- Analysis of beauty -- Phi and Fi-Bonacci -- Art and the golden rectangle -- Beauty in mathematics -- Simple examples of aesthetic interest -- Further examples -- Patterns -- Pascal's triangle and Fibonacci -- The Fibonacci numbers -- Nature's golden numbers -- Spira mirabilis. |
| Summary |
Engaging introduction to that curious feature of mathematics which provides framework for so many structures in biology, chemistry, and the arts. Discussion ranges from theories of biological growth to intervals and tones in music, Pythagorean numerology, conic sections, Pascal's triangle, the Fibonnacci series and much more. |
| Subject |
Golden section.
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Golden section. |
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Golden section. |
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Mathematics. |
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Nombre d'or. |
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Goldener Schnitt. |
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Unterhaltungsmathematik. |
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Wiskunde. |
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Esthetica. |
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Goldener Schnitt. |
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Unterhaltungsmathematik. |
| Indexed Term |
Golden section |
| Genre/Form |
Divine proportion.
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Divine proportion.
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| ISBN |
0486222543 |
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9780486222547 |
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