φ – Число Бога

Только пустые, ограниченные люди не судят по внешности. Подлинная тайна жизни заключена в зримом, а не в сокровенном…

О. Уайлд (1854–1900) (Пер. М. Абкина

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Большинство книг и статей из этого списка – популярные, а не специальные. Те немногие, которые можно отнести к специальной литературе, отобраны за какие-то особые качества. Кроме того, я отобрал несколько веб-сайтов, где можно найти интересный материал.

1. Прелюдия к числу

Ackermann, F. “The Golden Section”, Mathematical Monthly, 2 (1895): 260–264.

Dunlap, R. A. The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers. Singapore: World Scientific, 1997.

Fowler, D. H. “A Generalization of the Golden Section”, Fibonacci Quarterly, 20 (1982): 146–158.

Gardner, M. The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

Ghyka, M. The Geometry of Art and Life. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.

Grattan-Guinness, I. The Norton History of the Mathematical Sciences. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.

Herz-Fischler, R. A Mathematical History of the Golden Number. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1998.

Hoffer, W. “A Magic Ratio Occurs Throughout Art and Nature”, Smithsonian (December 1975): 110–120.

Hoggatt, V. E., Jr. “Number Theory: The Fibonacci Sequence”, in Yearbook of Science and the Future. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1977, 178–191.

Huntley, H. E. The Divine Proportion. New York: Dover Publications, 1970.

Knott, R. http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/ R. Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html.

Knott, R. http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/ R. Knott/Fibonacci/fibnet2.html.

Markowski, G. “Misconceptions about the Golden Ratio”, College Mathematics Journal, 23 (1992): 2–19.

Ohm, M. Die reine Elementar-Mathematik. Berlin: Jonas Veilags-Buchhandlung, 1835.

Runion, G. E. The Golden Section. Palo Alto: Dale Seymour Publications, 1990.

2. Гаммы и пентаграммы

http://search.britannica.com/search?query=fibonacci.

Barrow, J. D. Pi in the Sky. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992.

Beckmann, P. A History of π. Boulder, CO: Golem Press, 1977.

Boulger, W. “Pythagoras Meets Fibonacci”, Mathematics Teacher, 82 (1989): 277–282.

Boyer, C. B. A History of Mathematics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

Burkert, W. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.

Conway, J. H., and Guy, R. K. The Book of Numbers. New York: Copernicus, 1996.

Dantzig, T. Number: The Language of Science. New York: The Free Press, 1954.

de la Füye, A. Le Pentagramme Pythagoricien, Sa Diffusion, Son Emploi dans le Syllaboire Cuneiform. Paris: Geuthner, 1934.

Guthrie, K. S. The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library. Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1988.

lfrah, G. The Universal History of Numbers. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

Maor, E. e: The Story of a Number. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.

Paulos, J. A. Innumeracy. New York: Vintage Books, 1988.

Pickover, C. A. Wonders of Numbers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Schimmel, A. The Mystery of Numbers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Schmandt-Besserat, D. “The Earliest Precursor of Writing”, Scientific American (June 1978): 38–47.

Schmandt-Besserat, D. “Reckoning Before Writing”, Archaeology, 32–33 (1979): 22–31.

Singh, S. Fermat’s Enigma. New York: Anchor Books, 1997.

Stanley, T. Pythagoras. Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society, 1970.

Strohmeier, J., and Westbrook, P. Divine Harmony. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Hills Books, 1999.

Turnbull, H. W. The Great Mathematicians. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1993.

von Fritz, K. “The Discovery of Incommensurability of Hipposus of Metapontum”.

Annals of Mathematics, 46 (1945): 242–264.

Wells, D. Curious and Interesting Numbers. London: Penguin Books, 1986.