The Golden Mean - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Golden Mean write by Annabel Lyon. This book was released on 2010-09-07. The Golden Mean available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A startlingly original first novel by “this generation’s answer to Alice Munro” (The Vancouver Sun)—a bold reimagining of one of history’s most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great. 342 BC: Aristotle is reluctant to set aside his own ambitions in order to tutor Alexander, the rebellious son of his boyhood friend Philip of Macedon. But the philosopher soon comes to realize that teaching this charming, surprising, sometimes horrifying teenager—heir to the Macedonian throne, forced onto the battlefield before his time—is a necessity amid the ever more sinister intrigues of Philip’s court. Told in the brilliantly rendered voice of Aristotle—keenly intelligent, often darkly funny—The Golden Mean brings ancient Greece to vivid life via the story of this remarkable friendship between two towering figures, innovator and conqueror, whose views of the world still resonate today.
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Golden Ratio write by Gary B. Meisner. This book was released on 2018-10-23. The Golden Ratio available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This enlightening and gorgeously illustrated book explores the beauty and mystery of the divine proportion in art, architecture, nature, and beyond. From the pyramids of Giza, to quasicrystals, to the proportions of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate shapes with exquisite properties. Author Gary Meisner has spent decades researching the subject, investigating and collaborating with people across the globe in dozens of professions and walks of life. In The Golden Ratio, he shares his enlightening journey. Exploring the long history of this fascinating number, as well as new insights into its power and potential applications, The Golden Ratio invites you to take a new look at this timeless topic.
Seeing Through the Eyes of Yesterday--
Seeing Through the Eyes of Yesterday-- - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seeing Through the Eyes of Yesterday-- write by Patrick E. Hallam. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Seeing Through the Eyes of Yesterday-- available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A tracing of the history of the concept of the Golden Mean from its prehistoric beginnings through its use by ancient Egyptians and its analysis by the early Greeks. The book chronicles the Golden Mean's use in the Middle Ages and its eventual abandonment after the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The book then demonstrates how the 18th century master gunsmiths applied the Golden Mean and used its unseen, underlying patterns to develop the architectural design for their rifles. A significant idea is the focus on reviving the traditions of the craft and revealing the arts and mysteries of the trade as practiced by these early master gunsmiths of the Kentucky longrifle.
The Golden Section
The Golden Section - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Golden Section write by Scott Olsen. This book was released on 2006-10-17. The Golden Section available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tells the story of the golden section, 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, and its impact on civilization and the natural world.
Golden Meaning
Golden Meaning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Golden Meaning write by Lucienne Roberts. This book was released on 2014-02. Golden Meaning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
