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The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics Hardcover – Illustrated, 25 Oct. 2018
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From the pyramids of Giza, to quasicrystals, to the proportions of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate shapes with exquisite properties.
With its lush format and layflat dimensions that closely approximate the golden ratio, this is the ultimate coffee table book for math enthusiasts, architects, designers, and fans of sacred geometry.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRace Point Publishing
- Publication date25 Oct. 2018
- Dimensions24.26 x 2.29 x 29.72 cm
- ISBN-10163106486X
- ISBN-13978-1631064869
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About the Author
Gary B. Meisner is the creator of www.goldennumber.net, a popular website dedicated to the mathematics, prevalence, and design applications of the golden ratio. In 2004, he led the development of his PhiMatrix Golden Ratio Design and Analysis software, which is used by thousands of artists, architects, designers, and photographers in over seventy countries, as well as in cosmetic medical and stock market analysis applications. After earning accounting and MBA degrees from two top business schools, he spent most of his career in CFO/CIO roles with operating units of five Fortune 1000 public companies. Gary is now a self-employed technology/systems consultant conducting ongoing research and collaboration on the golden ratio, and his work has been featured in Da Vinci The Exhibition at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Providing an online community in which new findings can be shared and discussed, he helps others to appreciate the incredible beauty and design in the world around us and to applying these same principles of design to their own creative works.
Rafael Araujo is an architect and illustrator from Caracas, Venezuela, who has been hand drawing beautiful illustrations of nature for more than forty years. By applying the Golden Ratio in his geometric formulas, Araujo brings the natural mathematical framework of nature's beautiful designs to life. Araujo’s work has been featured in publications like Wired Magazine, and exhibited at Stanford University and many other prestigious galleries.
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- Publisher : Race Point Publishing; Illustrated edition (25 Oct. 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 163106486X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1631064869
- Dimensions : 24.26 x 2.29 x 29.72 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 33,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 12 in Geometry & Topology (Books)
- 26 in History of Mathematics
- 51 in Encyclopaedias for Young Adults
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About the author

Gary B. Meisner created "Phi 1.618 - The Golden Number" (www.goldennumber.net) in 2001, a leading website dedicated to the mathematics, appearances and applications of the golden ratio. In 2004, he developed PhiMatrix Golden Ratio Design and Analysis software (www.phimatrix.com), which is used by thousands of artists, architects, designers, and photographers in over seventy countries, as well as in cosmetic medical and stock market analysis applications. In 2018 he authored "The Golden Ratio - The Divine Beauty of Mathematics" with Quarto's Race Point Publishing Group, which sold in multiple international markets and translations before its October 2018 release.
His lifelong interests in mathematics and science translated into a career in finance and technology. After earning BS and MBA degrees from two top business schools, passing the CPA exam and working in public accounting, he spent most of his career in CFO/CIO roles with operating units of five Fortune 1000 public companies. He is now an independent financial and business systems consultant, which allows more time to pursue his research, software develpoment and writing on the golden ratio.
Gary his work has been featured in "Da Vinci The Exhibition" at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. He also was featured in a two hour educational documentary by EBS in Korea and has been interviewed for articles in the LA Times and elsewhere. His websites provide an online community in which new findings on the golden ratio can be shared and discussed, and allow him to help others to appreciate the incredible beauty and design in the world around us and to applying these same principles of design to their own creative works.
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A good and , if I may say , amusing book to read . A lighthearted look at some fundamental math's . Engineers would find it fun .






