The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number

by Mario Livio

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Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago because of its crucial role in the construction of the pentagram, to which magical properties had been attributed. Since then it has shown a propensity to appear in the most astonishing variety of places, from mollusk shells, sunflower florets, and...Read more
  • ISBN10 0767908163
  • ISBN13 9780767908160
  • Publish Date 23 September 2003 (first published 28 October 2002)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)