Ancient Wisdom 6: The Golden Proportion

The Golden Proportion (aka Ratio) has inspired thinkers of all disciplines like no other number in the history of mathematics. Some of the greatest minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval and renaissance periods , to present-day scientific figures, have delved deep into this simple ratio and its properties. Biologists, artists, musicians, architects, psychologists, and mystics have pondered and debated the basis of its ubiquity and appeal.