Liked It
“Interested in history, music, architecture? This book wraps it all up in the context of a number. Fascinating... and no it's NOT written like a text book. However, if you have never found anything related to math even remotely interesting, skip this one ;-)”
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“The full title of this book is The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, The World’s Most Astonishing Number. Now, I know you may not believe me when I say this, but despite this being a BOOK about a NUMBER, it's really not as exciting as you might expect.
Still, I enjoy stepping outside my own areas of expertise or experience and looking into new areas like mathematics. I think the problem is that I’ve been spoiled by stuff like Bill Bryson’s excellent A Brief History of Nearly...”
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