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A Mathematical History of the Golden Number

by Roger Herz-Fischler

A detailed scholarly history of division in extreme and mean ratio from Greek mathematics to the Renaissance, first published in 1987. Herz-Fischler examines the ancient sources closely and is sceptical of claims for early use of the ratio in architecture.

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