The Golden Section

What was the great and golden secret known to Leonardo Da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Why were they forbidden to reveal it? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? In this small but compact volume divine proportion supersleuth Dr Olsen unravels perhaps the greatest mystery of all time, a code that seems to underly life, the universe and everything, a pattern we instinctively recognise as beautiful, and which nature herself uses at every scale. The Golden Section: Nature's Greatest Secret is concise and useful handbook on the Golden Section -- also known as the Golden Ratio and Golden Mean. The Golden Section is a line segment divided into two parts, such that the ratio of the short portion to the longer portion is equal to the ratio of the longer portion to the whole. It is one of the most elegant and beautiful ratios of the mathematical universe because of its combination of elegance and simplicity -- hence the divine nature of its name. Drawing on art, architecture, philosophy, nature, mathematics, geometry, and music -- and beautifully illustrated in the Wooden Books fashion with all manner of images -- this book tells the story of a remarkable construct and its wide ranging impact on civilization and the natural world.