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Golden Section Nature's Greatest Secret

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ISBN-10: 0802715397

ISBN-13: 9780802715395

Edition: N/A

Authors: Scott Olsen

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A concise and useful handbook on the Golden Section—also known as the Golden Ratio and Golden Mean. The Golden Section is a line segment divided into two parts, such that the ratio of the short half to the long half is equal to the ratio of the long half to the whole. It is one of the most elegant and beautiful quarks of the mathematical universe because of its combination of elegance and simplicity—hence the divine nature of its name. Drawing on art, architecture, philosophy, nature, mathematics, geometry, and music—and beautifully illustrated in the Wooden Books fashion with all manner of images—The Golden Section will tell the story of this remarkable construct and its wide ranging…    
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Book details

List price: $14.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 10/17/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 5.89" wide x 6.99" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Introduction
The Mystery of Phi
Ratio, Means & Proportion
Plato's Divided Line
Phi on the Plane
The Fibonacci Sequence
Phyllotaxis Patterns
Order Behind Diversity
Lucas Number Magic
All Creatures
Phi in the Human Body
Growth & Diminution
Exponentials and Spirals
Golden Symmetry
Phi in Human Culture
Ancient of Days
My Cup Runneth Over
A Sacred Tradition
Phi in Painting
Melody & Harmony
All That Glisters
The Golden Chalice
Golden Polyhedra
Phi in the Sky
Resonance & Consciousness
The Philosopher's Stone
Phi Equations
Fibonacci & Lucas Formulae
The Indefinite Dyad
Designer's Rectangles
Golden Physics
More Lucas Magic, and VII: Phyllotaxis Angles
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