The golden ratio : the story of phi, the extra ordinary number of nature, art and beauty
Livio, Mario, 1945-2003
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What do sunflowers, Salvador Dali's painting 'Sacrament of the Last Supper' and the spiral shells of molluscs have in common? The answer is that they share a geometrical proportion of ancient origin, commonly known as the 'Golden Ratio', or expressed numerically as phi.
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Author:
Imprint:
London : Review, 2003.
Collation:
viii, 294 p. : ill., facsims., music ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-277) and index.
ISBN:
9780747249887 (pbk)
Dewey class:
516.204516.2
Language:
English
BRN:
2388772