by Priya Hemenway · Taschen · tapa dura · ISBN 9783836507097
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«El Código Secreto» is Priya Hemenway's popular science essay, published by Taschen in hardback (208 pages, in Spanish).
The book explains the divine or golden proportion (Phi), a mathematical relationship that appears in nature and has guided art and architecture for centuries. Its history ranges from Babylonian tablets to digital fractals, with examples in the inner ear, the pyramids, Gothic cathedrals, the nautilus, flowers and DNA.
The original work is titled 'Divine Proportion: Phi In Art, Nature, and Science' and the Spanish edition, published in 2008, includes more than 300 illustrations and graphics.
Aimed at readers curious about mathematics, art and the history of science, as well as the relationship between nature and aesthetics.
