9.27.2012

GOLDEN RATIO



A superb blog in the NYTimes Opinionator column by Steven Strogatz on the Golden Ratio, phi and its reverence in the world of design.

 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/proportion-control/?ref=opinion

 If unfamiliar with the golden ratio, "google it" and one of the 6 million results should present an elementary understanding.



*Image of Parthenon from http://zlatnirez.springnote.com/pages/5692507.xhtml
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3 comments:

Seattle Landscape Architect said...

Rationalism (as opposed to rationality) up to its usual circumlocutions. There are better things to do with mathematics.

18 December 2012 11:51 pm
Candle said...

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19 April 2013 8:22 pm
Jems Nichole said...

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26 April 2013 8:24 am

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