The Golden Ratio

Author : Gary B. Meisner
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 076036026X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Ratio written by Gary B. Meisner and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening and gorgeously illustrated book explores the beauty and mystery of the divine proportion in art, architecture, nature, and beyond. From the pyramids of Giza, to quasicrystals, to the proportions of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate shapes with exquisite properties. Author Gary Meisner has spent decades researching the subject, investigating and collaborating with people across the globe in dozens of professions and walks of life. In The Golden Ratio, he shares his enlightening journey. Exploring the long history of this fascinating number, as well as new insights into its power and potential applications, The Golden Ratio invites you to take a new look at this timeless topic.

Author : Gary B. Meisner
Publisher : Race Point Publishing
ISBN 13 : 163106486X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Ratio written by Gary B. Meisner and published by Race Point Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Ratio examines the presence of this divine number in art and architecture throughout history, as well as its ubiquity among plants, animals, and even the cosmos. This gorgeous book—with layflat dimensions that closely approximate the golden ratio—features clear, enlightening, and entertaining commentary alongside stunning full-color illustrations by Venezuelan artist and architect Rafael Araujo. From the pyramids of Giza, to quasicrystals, to the proportions of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate shapes with exquisite properties. This book invites you to take a new look at this timeless topic, with a compilation of research and information worthy of a text book, accompanied by over 200 beautiful color illustrations that transform this into the ultimate coffee table book. Author Gary Meisner shares the results of his twenty-year investigation and collaboration with thousands of people across the globe in dozens of professions and walks of life. The evidence will close the gaps of understanding related to many claims of the golden ratio’s appearances and applications, and present new findings to take our knowledge further yet. Whoever you are, and whatever you may know about this topic, you’ll find something new, interesting, and informative in this book, and may find yourself challenged to see, apply, and share this unique number of mathematics and science in new ways.

Author : Richard A Dunlap
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814496944
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Ratio And Fibonacci Numbers written by Richard A Dunlap and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-12-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this invaluable book, the basic mathematical properties of the golden ratio and its occurrence in the dimensions of two- and three-dimensional figures with fivefold symmetry are discussed. In addition, the generation of the Fibonacci series and generalized Fibonacci series and their relationship to the golden ratio are presented. These concepts are applied to algorithms for searching and function minimization. The Fibonacci sequence is viewed as a one-dimensional aperiodic, lattice and these ideas are extended to two- and three-dimensional Penrose tilings and the concept of incommensurate projections. The structural properties of aperiodic crystals and the growth of certain biological organisms are described in terms of Fibonacci sequences.

Author : Alfred S. Posamentier
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616144246
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Glorious Golden Ratio written by Alfred S. Posamentier and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is the Golden Ratio? How was it discovered? Where is it found? These questions and more are thoroughly explained in this engaging tour of one of mathematics' most interesting phenomena. The authors trace the appearance of the Golden Ratio throughout history, demonstrate a variety of ingenious techniques used to construct it, and illustrate the many surprising geometric figures in which the Golden Ratio is embedded. Requiring no more than an elementary knowledge of geometry and algebra, the authors give readers a new appreciation of the indispensable qualities and inherent beauty of mathematics.

Author : Mario Livio
Publisher : Headline Review
ISBN 13 : 9780747249887
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Ratio written by Mario Livio and published by Headline Review. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do the Parthenon in Greece, crosses in graveyards, the ratio of the height of a woman's navel to a woman's height, sunflowers and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa have in common? The answer is that these disparate elements share a geometrical proportion of ancient origin commonly known as the golden ratio, or expressed numerically as phi. fractals and DNA on the way, the author takes us into the heart of this extraordinary number. He gives an account of the phi-obsessed individuals who devoted their lives to discovering its secrets - from the Pythagoreans who believed that the study of the Golden Ratio would reveal the hand of God, to the astronomer Johannes Kepler who felt that phi was the greatest treasure of geometry, to the modern day scientists who are discovering ever more remarkable ramifications of this strange, almost mystical, number.

Author : Steve Richards
Publisher : Union Square & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781454710226
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Ratio written by Steve Richards and published by Union Square & Company. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elegance of mathematics meets the creativity of art in this unique coloring book. The golden ratio is the mathematical equation that describes what many consider the "divine proportion," and it's found throughout nature, as well as in art and architecture. This stunning coloring book showcases the beauty of Fibonacci's most famous formula, exploring the many ways numbers and beauty combine. Logical and creative minds alike will enjoy filling in the spirals and designs in these remarkable images.

Author : Scott Olsen
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1912706016
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Section written by Scott Olsen and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the golden secret known to Leonardo da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? In this small but compact volume internationally renowned divine proportion supersleuth Dr Olsen unravels perhaps the greatest mystery of all time, a code that seems to underly life, the universe and everything, a pattern we instinctively recognise as beautiful, and which nature herself uses at every scale. Designed for artists and scientists alike, this is the smallest, densest and most beautiful book on the golden section ever produced. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "e;Fascinating"e; FINANCIAL TIMES. "e;Beautiful"e; LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "e;Rich and Artful"e; THE LANCET. "e;Genuinely mind-expanding"e; FORTEAN TIMES. "e;Excellent"e; NEW SCIENTIST. "e;Stunning"e; NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

Author : Lucienne Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957238114
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Meaning written by Lucienne Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. C. McKay
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781362401759
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Euclid's Elements written by A. C. McKay and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Roger Herz-Fischler
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486152324
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Mathematical History of the Golden Number written by Roger Herz-Fischler and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study traces the historic development of division in extreme and mean ratio ("the golden number") from its first appearance in Euclid's Elements through the 18th century. Features numerous illustrations.