This is a book for people from 9 to 90 who like surprises. And beauty. My intention is to show the beauty in both nature and mathematics, with some surprising connections that will make you stop and think. With this and future books, I want to foster curiosity, particularly in young people who might now see beyond boring or dull school subjects into a new world of science, physics, engineering, and math. In this book, Grandpa and his grandchildren embark on an adventure into the fascinating connection between nature and a number called phi (?). Phi is also called the Golden Number, the Golden Ratio, the Golden Section, and the Divine Proportion. It is an irrational number, like pi (
- | Author: John Choisser
- | Publisher: Independently published
- | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 197 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1719939195
- | ISBN-13: 9781719939195