Автор: Livio, Mario Название: The Golden Ratio ISBN: 0767908163 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780767908160 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 12260.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago because of its crucial role in the construction of the pentagram, to which magical properties had been attributed. Since then it has shown a propensity to appear in the most astonishing variety of places, from mollusk shells, sunflower florets, and rose petals to the shape of the galaxy.
Psychological studies have investigated whether the Golden Ratio is the most aesthetically pleasing proportion extant, and it has been asserted that the creators of the Pyramids and the Parthenon employed it. It is believed to feature in works of art from Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's The Sacrament of the Last Supper, and poets and composers have used it in their works. It has even been found to be connected to the behavior of the stock market!
The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics.
It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose. Wherever his quest for the meaning of phi takes him, Mario Livio reveals the world as a place where order, beauty, and eternal mystery will always coexist.
Автор: Livio, Mario Название: Why? ISBN: 1476792097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476792095 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Рейтинг: Цена: 19930.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates human curiosity as he explores our innate desire to know why.
Автор: Livio, Mario Название: Equation That Couldn`t Be Solved ISBN: 0743258215 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780743258210 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 13030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the L. From the author of the bestseller The Golden Ratio comes the story of the 4.
Автор: Livio Mario Название: Why?: What Makes Us Curious ISBN: 1476792100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476792101 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristicscuriosityin this ';lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account' (Kirkus Reviews) as he explores our innate desire to know why.
Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversationwhere they can know only one side of the dialoguethan when they overhear two people talking and know both sides. Why does half a conversation make us more curious than a whole conversation?
';Have you ever wondered why we wonder why? Mario Livio has, and he takes you on a fascinating quest to understand the origin and mechanisms of our curiosity. I thoroughly recommend it.' (Adam Riess, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, 2011).
Curiosity is not only at the heart of mystery and suspense novels, it is also essential to other creative endeavors, from painting to sculpture to music. It is the principal driver of basic scientific research. Even so, there is still no definitive scientific consensus about why we humans are so curious, or about the mechanisms in our brain that are responsible for curiosity.
In the ever-fascinating Why? Livio interviewed scientists in several fields to explore the nature of curiosity.
He examined the lives of two of history's most curious geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Feynman. He also talked to people with boundless curiosity: a superstar rock guitarist who is also an astrophysicist; an astronaut with degrees in computer science, biology, literature, and medicine. What drives these people to be curious about so many subjects?
An astrophysicist who has written about mathematics, biology, and now psychology and neuroscience, Livio has firsthand knowledge of his subject which he explores in a lucid, entertaining way that will captivate anyone who is curious about curiosity.
Автор: Livio, Mario Название: Equation that couldn`t be solved ISBN: 0285637894 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780285637894 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13720.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: How mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry.
