The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics Hardcover – October 23, 2018

What an amazing resource! Not only is it a beautiful coffee table piece, it is an amazing reference for iconic works both old and new. It even has a study on Salvator Mundi, a recent discovery within the Da Vinci world. If you are a digital designer, I recommend checking out the authors Phi Matrix software. It is an incredible tool for those who wish to design within the underlying principles outlined within this book!

This is a lovely book which explains and examines the Golden Ratio/Divine Proportion using clear and engaging text accompanied by a kaleidoscopic array of beautiful imagery from the worlds of art, architecture, and nature. This book is sure to be appreciated by anyone who loves math, design, or classical art, as well as by those who are merely curious about the title topic.I am one who was merely curious. I haven't studied any math since high school (eons past), but I was able to grasp (with a bit of concentration) the very basic of the mathematical concepts presented in this book. I was actually quite pleased with myself when I encountered and even remembered the Pythagorean Theorem on page 27! While most of the mathematics in the book was over my head, I nevertheless found much to like in its pages.For example, nearly 100 pages are devoted to a presentation of the appearance of the Divine Proportion in art and architecture. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the masterworks of DaVinci, Michelango, Botticelli, and more, and seeing evidence of the Golden Ratio in these famous art pieces. I was especially drawn to a section of the book which focuses on the design and construction of the great cathedrals of Europe. Photographs (with PhiMatrix overlays) of the rose windows at Notre Dame and Chartes are impressive and, of course, very beautiful.The last part of the book takes a look at the appearance of the Divine Proportion in the natural world. Again, I am not a mathematician, but I had fun counting the plant spirals on photographs of pine cone bases, and looking for the "beauty of fives" in pictures of flowers and fruits.Overall, I enjoyed spending time in the pages of this book. It has something for everyone. And, it looks pretty impressive on my coffee table; if I were hunting a mate, I might impress a super successful STEM dude—or perhaps an artsy guy--with this book!

Euclid's Elements Book XIII Proposition 18. In my previous attempts to draw out Euclid’s proposition 18, I had used the two decimal points, √2 and (1+√5 )÷2. After reading through the book "The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics" by Gary Meisner, I was able to remove the decimal points from my drawing. Euclid’s geometry for proposition 18 is to square the square to locate the side lengths of the Platonic Solids. However, my current drawing of proposition 18 shows, how you can develop the extreme and mean ratio (Golden Ratio) in the drawing without developing the extreme and mean ratio in an external drawing doubling the square, as Euclid did in proposition 17. As, well as developing the √2 line without using decimal points.I recommend the book The Divine Beauty of Mathematics by Gary Meisner to everyone. Even if it just ends up being a coffee table book. Excellent quality graphics and over 200 high-quality pictures. Everything from the Great Pyramids, Fibonacci logarithmic spiral, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and John the Baptist. And at $17, in a 9x11 hardcover format, it’s one book you won't regret buying. It belongs in the Great Book program for developing critical thinking.

I personally have a strong interest in the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci sequence, originating with my degree in engineering and a core curriculum in liberal arts. More recently, I have taken a keen interest in Fibonacci applications in technical trading. I was originally drawn to this particular book by the artwork of Rafael Araujo, which is featured on the cover and throughout, as well as the work of Gary Meisner, whose public research available on his website I consider to be the benchmark for interest on the subject.The Golden Ratio greatly exceeded my expectations. The pictures and imagery used throughout the book are simply magnificent; absolutely stunning in areas. This book is both text book and coffee table book; the production is of the highest quality. It is comprehensive and well-written, yet not so difficult as to be rendered inaccessible to the ordinary reader. For the price, this book is an absolutely tremendous value and far and away my favorite new addition on the subject.

Would have liked more detail but still informative, a must have if your into this kind of stuff. It's unbelievable how this was used thru out recorded history. I have personally used this ratio in my woodworking, guitar building, even before I knew it existed, and I guarantee you can use this ratio regardless of your life's occupation.

Ordered this as a gift for my boyfriend’s 18 year old son’s birthday who is going off to engineering school. He’s fascinated with nature and design and I know he’ll love this. I spent a little time with this, but not enough. As a graphic designer with a scientific mind and a spiritual soul, I’m thinking of ordering a copy for myself.

Bought this for my math genius husband and he's really enjoyed it.

In a sentence: "a straight line is said to have been cut in extreme and mean ratio when, as the whole line is to the greater segment, so is the greater to the less"Who should read it: Anyone who makes art and enjoyed geometry class.It's a well made and beautiful book. Prints and diagrams are lovely to look through and the history of this great ratio are intriguing. As someone who has never discovered anything in math I love that for thousands of years great minds were sitting around, probably drunk on wine and cheese, just bisecting triangles in their heads to see what would happen and they kept reusing the same ones. This book should help you tie nature, science and spirit together some if you let it.