Livio, Mario, 1945-

The golden ratio : the story of phi, the world's most astonishing number / Mario Livio. - 1st ed. - New York : Broadway Books, 2002. - viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-277) and index.

Offers a look at phi, or "the golden ratio," discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago, examining the meaning of this remarkable mathematical proportion in terms of science, biology, philosophy, and other fields.

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