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Johann Wenceslaus Kaschube, Cursus mathematicus : oder deutlicher Begrief der mathematischen Wissenschaften, 1717: here

J.W.S. Cassels, An introduction to Diophantine approximations, Cambridge University Press  1957: here 

Ivan Niven, Herbert S. Zuckerman  and Hugh L. Montgomery, An introduction to the theory of numbers, Fifth Edition, 1991: here  

Oskar Perron, Die Lehre von den Kettenbrüchen, Band I. Dritte Auflage, 1954: here  

J.N. Ridley, Packing Efficiency in Sunflower Heads, Mathematical Biosciences 58 (1982), 129-139: here 

Roger Herz-Fischler, A Mathematical History of the Golden Number. Dover Publications, 1998: here 

Henry Moseley, On the Geometrical Forms of Turbinated and Discoid Shells, read to the Royal Society on 21 June 1838: here 

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On growth and form, new edition, Cambridge University Press 1942: here 

Matthew S. Lehnert, Eric Brown, Margie P. Lehnert, Patrick D. Gerard, Huan Yan and Chanjoong Kim, The Golden Ratio reveals geometric differences in Proboscis coiling among butterflies of different feeding habits. In: American Entomologist 61 (2015), pp.18-26: here 

Martin Gardner, The cult of the golden ratio. In: The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 18, No. 3, Spring 1994, pp. 243-247: here 

Milton Abramowitz and Irene Stegun,  Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, first published in 1964: here 

Murray Spiegel, Mathematical handbook of formulas and tables, first published in 1968: here 

MacTutor History of Mathematics: here 

Britannica Online Encyclopedia: here 

Natural History Museum Londen, FaceBook page 18 October 2018: here  

François Le Lionnais, Les nombres remarquables. Hermann,  1983: here 

James Trefil, Cassell's Laws of Nature, 2002: here 

Stephen Wolfram, A new kind of science, 2002: here 

Faezeh Moosavi-Movahedi, Perspective on Golden Ratio (Phi). In: Science Cultivation, Volume 07, Issue 1, January 2017, pp. 39-52: here 

István Hargittai, Fivefold Symmetry, 1992: here   

H.E. Huntley, The Divine Proportion, A Study in Mathematical Beauty, 1970: here 

Albert van der Schoot, De ontstelling van Pythagoras. Second edition, Kok Agora 1999: here 

Tutorial: Probability, Statistics, and Navels. Worksheet of the University of Colorado, Dept. of Mathematics, Fall 2010, Math 1310: here                  
                          
Adolf Zeising,  Neue Lehre von den Proportionen des menschlichen Körpers, aus einem bisher unbekannt gebliebenen, die ganze Natur und Kunst durchdringenden morphologischen Grundgesetze entwickelt und mit einer vollständigen historischen Uebersicht der bisherigen Systeme begleitet. Leipzig, 1854: here 
                         
Matila Ghyka, The geometry of art and life, 1946: here 

T. Antony Davis and Rudolf Altevogt, Golden mean of the human body. In: The Fibonacci Quarterly 17(4), 1979, pp. 340-344: here 

Marcus du Sautoy, The music of the primes. Harper Perennial 2011: here  

Howard Eves, Great moments in mathematics before 1650. Mathematical Association of America 1983: here 

J. Benjafield and J. Adams-Webber, The golden section hypothesis. In: British Journal of Psychology 67 (1), 1976, pp. 11-15: here    

Lennart de Nooijer, De buitenaardse blik op evolutie herzien, Nederlands Instituut voor Biologie, 2003: here 

S. Douady and Y. Couder, Phyllotaxis as a Dynamical Self Organizing Process
Part I: The Spiral Modes Resulting from Time-Periodic Iterations. In: Journal of Theoretical  Biology 178 (1996), pp. 255-274: here 

Matthew F. Pennybacker, Patrick D. Shipman and Alan C. Newell, Phyllotaxis: Some progress, but a story far from over. In: Physica D 306 (2015), pp. 48-81: here 

Roger V. Jean, Mathematical Approach to Pattern & Form in Plant Growth. Wiley & Sons 1984: here