The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number - Paperback
by Mario Livio
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780767908160ISBN-10:767908163UPC:9780767908160Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Geometry, Research, History & PhilosophySize:8.00 x 5.21 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SC9GJ02SNJ
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780767908160ISBN-10:767908163UPC:9780767908160Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Geometry, Research, History & PhilosophySize:8.00 x 5.21 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SC9GJ02SNJ
Mario Livio is head of the Science Division at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute, where he studies a broad range of subjects in astrophysics, particularly the rate of expansion of the universe. He is the author of one previous book, The Accelerating Universe (2000). He is a frequent public lecturer at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution and the Hayden Planetarium. He lives in Baltimore,...
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