“The Ancients, having taken into consideration the rigorous construction of the human body, elaborated all their works, as especially their holy temples, according to these proportions; for they found here the two principal figures without which no project is possible: the perfection of the circle, the principle of all regular bodies, and the equilateral square.”
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Luca Pacioli
Luca Pacioli, an Italian mathematician, was born in 1445 and died in 1517. He made significant contributions to mathematics, accounting, and business theory, and is considered one of the founders of modern accounting. more
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