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These books have been helpful in my
study of the Golden Proportion and form in nature and art. I
recommend Garland's Fascinating Fibonaccis to anyone who
would like a general overview. It's easy to understand and gives
a lot of good visual examples. Teachers may want to consider Garland
as an introduction and Runion's The Golden Section for a
more math-oriented approach with problems in each chapter. Garland
is suitable for middle school kids while Runion is high school algebra
level. Let me know if you have recommendations for other books on
the subject of sacred geometry, the Golden Ratio, or form-based
aesthetics.
Bak, Per, 1996. How Nature Works - The
Science of Self-Organized Criticality, Springer-Verlag, New
York.
Ball, Phillip, 1999. The Self-Made Tapestry
- Pattern Formation in Nature, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Barrow, John, 1995. The Artful Universe
- The Cosmic Source of Human Creativity, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Berg, Stephen, (translator) 1989. Crow
with No Mouth - Ikkyu, 15th Century Zen Master, Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA.
Bohm, David, 1980. Wholeness and the
Implicate Order, Routledge, London.
Boles, M. and R. Newman, 1987. The Golden Relationship
- Art, Math, Nature, Second Edition, Pythagorean Press, Bradford,
MA.
Briggs, John, 1992. Fractals - The Patterns
of Chaos - Discovering a New Aesthetic of Art, Science, and Nature,
Simon & Schuster, New
York.
Campbell, Joseph, All of his work.
Cook, Theodore Andrea, 1979. The Curves
of Life, Dover
Publications, Mineola, NY.
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Doczi, György, 1994. The Power of Limits:
Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture, Shambhala,
Boston.
Eco, Umberto, and Hugh Bredin (translator), 1988. The Aesthetics
of Thomas Aquinas, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Elam, Kimberly, 2001. Geometry of Design
- Studies in Proportion and Composition, Princeton Architectural
Press, New York.
Emmer, Michelle, (editor) 1993. The Visual
Mind - Art and Mathematics,
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Firth, Florence (ed), 1996. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
and other Pythagorean Fragments, Sun Publishing, Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
Gardner, Martin, 1989. Penrose Tiles to
Trapdoor Ciphers, The
Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC.
Garland, Trudy H., 1987. Fascinating Fibonaccis:
Mystery and Magic in Numbers, Dale Seymour Publications, Palo
Alto, California.
Gazalé, Midhat, 1999. Gnomon: From Pharaohs
to Fractals,
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Ghyka, Matila, 1946. The Geometry of Art
and Life, Dover
Publications, Mineola, New York.
Godwin, Joscelyn, 1987. Harmonies
of Heaven and Earth: Mysticism in Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde,
Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont.
Hambidge, Jay, 1919. The Elements of Dynamic
Symmetry,
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York.
Haxton, Brooks (translator), 2001. Fragments:
The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus, Penguin, New York.
Heath, Robin, 1999. Sun, Moon, and
Earth, Wooden Books, Walker and Company, New York.
Herz-Fischler, Roger, 1987. A Mathematical
History of the Golden Number, Dover Publications, Mineola,
New York.
Holden, Alan, 1971. Shapes, Space, and
Symmetry, Dover
Publications, New York.
Huntley, H.E., 1970. The Divine Proportion:
A Study in Mathematical Beauty, Dover Publications, Mineola,
New York.
Jung, Carl, 1959. Mandala Symbolism, Bollingen - Princeton
University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
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Kandinsky, Wassily, 1977. Concerning the
Spiritual in Art, Dover Publications, Mineola, New York.
Kaku, Michio, 1994. Hyperspace, Anchor Books-Doubleday, New
York.
Lauwerier, Hans, 1991. Fractals: Endlessly
Repeating Geometrical Figures, Princeton University Press,
Princeton, New Jersey.
Lawlor, Robert, 1982. Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice,
Thames and Hudson, London.
Livio, Mario, 2002. The Golden Ratio -
The Story of Phi, the World's most Astonishing Number, Broadway
Books, New York.
Mandlebrot, Benoit, 1977. The Fractal
Geometry of Nature,
Revised Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York.
Martineau, John, 2001. A Little Book of
Coincidence,
Wooden Books, Walker and Company, New York.
Mitchell, John, 2001. The Dimensions of
Paradise - The Proportions and Symbolic Numbers of Ancient Cosmology, Adventures Unlimited Press,
Kempton, IL.
Pedoe, Dan, 1976. Geometry and the Visual
Arts, Dover Publications,
Mineola, NY.
Peitgen, H., and D. Saupe (editors), 1988. The
Science of Fractal Images, Springer-Verlag, New York.
Pennick, Nigel, 1982. Sacred Geometry, Harper and Row
Publishers, San Francisco, California.
Pennick, Nigel, 1995. The Oracle of Geomancy, Capall
Bann Publishing, Chieveley, England.
Pickover, Clifford, 1997. The Loom of God
- Mathematical Tapestries at the Edge of Time, Perseus Books,
New York.
Runion, Garth E., 1990. The Golden Section,
Dale Seymour Publications, Palo Alto, California.
Schneider, Michael, 1995. A Beginner's
Guide to Constructing the Universe - The Mathematical Archetypes of
Nature, Art, and Science, HarperCollins
Publishers, New York.
Schroedinger, Erwin, 1969. What is Life - Mind and Matter,
Cambridge University Press, London (out of print).
Sheldrake, Rupert, 1981. A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis
of Morphic Resonance, Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont.
Talbot, Michael, 1991. The Holographic Universe, Harper
Perennial, New York.
Thompson, Sir D'Arcy W., 1946. On Growth
and Form, The University
Press, Cambridge, England.
Wilbur, Ken, 1992. A Brief History of Everything, Shambhala,
Boston.
Wilbur, Ken, (editor) 1982. The Holographic
Paradigm and Other Paradoxes, SHambhala, Boston.
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