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The Golden Ratio

The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number

by Mario Livio

A popular history of the golden ratio by an astrophysicist, from Euclid and Fibonacci to Penrose tilings. Livio separates the ratio's genuine mathematical appearances from exaggerated claims about pyramids, temples and paintings.

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