by Scott Olsen
A concise and useful handbook on the Golden Section—also known as the Golden Ratio and Golden Mean. The Golden Section is a line segment divided into two parts, such that the ratio
of the short portion to the longer portion is equal to the ratio of the longer portion to the whole. It is one of the most elegant and beautiful ratios of the mathematical universe because
of its combination of elegance and simplicity—hence the divine nature of its name. Drawing on art, architecture, philosophy, nature, mathematics,
geometry, and music—and beautifully illustrated in the Wooden Books fashion with all manner of images—The Golden Section will tell the story
of this remarkable construct and its wide ranging impact on civilization and the natural world
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The Golden Section
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by Hans Walser
Since antiquity, the Golden Section has played a significant role in many parts of geometry, architecture, music, art, and philosophy. But it also appears in the newer domains of technology and fractals. In t his way, the Golden Section is no isolated phenomenon but rather, in many cases, the first and also the simplest non-trivial example in a sequence of generalizations leading to further developments.
It is the purpose of this book, on the one hand, to describe examples of the Golden Section, and on the other, to show some paths to further extensions
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