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| | Fibonacci II TAUBMAN COLLEGE of Architecture and Urban Planning |
 | | In other words, the antithesis of mathematics." After reading the book "The Geometry of Art and Life" by Matia Ghyka, that developed an interesting correlation of mathematics and art, and explained the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, I was now prepared to contest Max Bill's statement. |
 | | This sequence of numbers starts with the number ONE, is followed by the number TWO, and continues with each successive number being the sum of the two preceding numbers, e.g., 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,114,233,377,610, and so on. |
 | | I always regard mathematics as a science that dealt exclusively with numbers and symbols, whereas art dealt with aesthetics, the study or theory of beauty, and the psychological responses to it. |
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