Saturday, June 2, 2012
The Golden Ratio Debunked?
Keith Devlin takes a mathematicians eye to the claims made for The Golden Ratio and shows that the art and the architecture claimed to have been based on The Golden Ratio is simply not backed up by any evidence. The Golden Ratio does exist in nature but the most famous natural example, the nautilus shell, does not follow said ratio.
It's a long talk but, if you're interested in the Fibonaci sequence and The Golden Ratio, it's worth listening to. He recommends Mario Livio, The Golden Ratio, on which a lot of the proofs for the talk were based.
And now The Golden Ratio from a more spiritual perspective:
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Many of the claims that "no evidence exists" are simply the result of a lack of investigation or knowledge. See http://www.goldennumber.net/golden-ratio-myth/ for the evidence of the golden ratio in the arts, architecture and perhaps even the Nautilus shell.
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