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Title: The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty by H. E. Huntley, H.E. Huntley ISBN: 0-486-22254-3 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1970 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: not very mathematical
Comment: i can see that mr. huntley really thinks mathematics are beutiful (and i agree), but he fails to make a convincing argument of that fact. the math in the book is very basic, he just repeats what you'll find in any other golden ratio book and his aesthetics and psychology theories are far out and not properly argumented. i much preferred mario livio's book on the subject.
Rating: 3
Summary: I agree with the gentleman from Atlanta...
Comment: The review from Atlanta said he was tempted to staple entire pages together to eliminate the gushing in this book... I actually went through with a marker and crossed out what irritated me (about a third of the book).
Aside from that, this book does an excellent job at giving a beginner a handle on phi. Many of his examples either don't work out (as the other commentators have indicated) or more often, aren't spelled out well enough for the novice. Nonetheless, it's a book worth having. The relationships between E, Pi, and Phi, the three constants for the three dimensions of numbers, are well treated.
Mark Vedder
Rating: 3
Summary: Mathematical error and misleading conclusion on page 99.
Comment: For the most part an excellent, easy to follow work. However, on page 99 (item #3, bottom of page) the author states the incorrect equality: 2(phi+1+1/phi)=4, for the surface area of the golden cuboid. Correctly, the surface area of the given cuboid should be equal to approximately 6.472. This error could be overlooked except for the fact that the author extrapolates on this incorrect result (next page, item #4) and hints at a connection between pi and phi. The author uses his incorrect constant of proportionality, namely "4", which appears in the figuring of the surface area of the circumscribing sphere and the cuboid, as evidence of this "connection". Thus, in the guise of some illusive geometric "hint", leaving the reader with the idea that a tie between these two constants may exist in this geometric figure. The significance of this error cannot be overlooked.
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Title: The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio ISBN: 0767908163 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Geometry of Art and Life by Matila Costiescu Ghyka ISBN: 0486235424 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1978 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice by Robert Lawlor ISBN: 0500810303 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 01 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Curves of Life: Being an Account of Spiral Formations and Their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art : With Special Reference by Theodore Andrea, Sir, Cook ISBN: 048623701X Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1979 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition by Kimberly Elam ISBN: 1568982496 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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