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Title The divine proportion: a study in mathematical beauty [electronic resource] / by H.E. Huntley.
Author Huntley, H. E.
Publication Info. New York, Dover Publications [1970]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illus.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Wiskunde.
Esthetica.
Nombre d'or.
Goldener Schnitt.
Unterhaltungsmathematik.
Golden section. (OCoLC)fst00944571
MATHEMATICS / General
Genre Divine proportion.
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Related To Print version: Huntley, H. E. Divine proportion: a study in mathematical beauty 0486222543 (DLC) 70093195 (OCoLC)80370
ISBN 9780486131870 (electronic bk.)
0486131874 (electronic bk.)
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