A mathematical history of the golden number / Roger Herz-Fischler.
Pubblicazione:
Mineola : Dover, 1998.
Descrizione fisica:
XXII, 195 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Note:
Originariamente pubbl. come: A mathematical history of division in extreme and mean ratio. Waterloo (Ont.) : W. Laurier university press, c1987
Contiene:
Indice: Preface to the Dover edition. Foreword. A guide for readers. Introduction. 1. The Euclidean text 2. Mathematical topics 3. Examples of the pentagon, pentagram and dodecahedron before -400 4. The Pythagoreans 5. Miscellaneous theories 6. The classical period: from Theodorus to Euclid 7. The post-Euclidean Greek period (c. -300 to 350) 8. The Arabic world, India and China 9. Europe: from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century. Appendix 1.: A proportion by any other name, terminology for division in extreme and mean ratio throughout the ages. Appendix 2.: Mirabilis est potentia, the growth of an idea. Corrections and additions. Bibliography
