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The Glorious Golden Ratio

by Alfred S. Posamentier
Ingmar Lehmann
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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.
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Publisher: Globe Pequot

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 28, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9781616144241
  • Release date: June 28, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9781616144241
  • File size: 21606 KB
  • Release date: June 28, 2019

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Kindle Book
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subjects

History Mathematics Nonfiction

Languages

English

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.
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History Mathematics Nonfiction