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The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number
por Livio, Mario
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Brochura
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- ISBN 10
- 0767908163
- ISBN 13
- 9780767908160
- Livreiro
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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Broadway Books, 2003-09-22. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Ex-Library copy with some moderate shelf wear. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.
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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 rose petals to the shape of the galaxy. Psychological studies have investigated whether the Golden Ratio is the most aesthetically pleasing proportion extant, and it has been asserted that the creators of the Pyramids and the Parthenon employed it. It is believed to feature in works of art from Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's The Sacrament of the Last Supper, and poets and composers have used it in their works. It has even been found to be connected to the behavior of the stock market!The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose. Wherever his quest for the meaning of phi takes him, Mario Livio reveals the world as a place where order, beauty, and eternal mystery will always coexist.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Livreiro
- The Book Cellar
(US)
- Estoque do vendedor nº
- 10740231
- Título
- The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number
- Autor
- Livio, Mario
- Formato/Encadernação
- Brochura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0767908163
- ISBN 13
- 9780767908160
- Editorial
- Broadway Books
- Local de publicação
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Data de publicação
- 2003-09-22
- Dimensão
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 8 oz
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Nashua, New Hampshire
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