Some of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from
Pythagoras and
Euclid in
ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician
Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer
Johannes Kepler, to present-day scientific figures such as Oxford physicist
Roger Penrose, have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties. ... Biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists, and even mystics have pondered and debated the basis of its ubiquity and appeal. In fact, it is probably fair to say that the Golden Ratio has inspired thinkers of all disciplines like no other number in the history of mathematics.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio#cite_note-FOOTNOTELivio2002[httpsarchiveorgdetailsgoldenratiostory00livipage6_6]-13][11][/url]
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The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number