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Re: Why 5 to 6?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 4 Aug 1999 02:59:29 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.+stopspammers+net
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This is fascinating stuff, and although I am too lazy to appreciate the math:-p,
I found a site that graphically depicts a golden rectangle at work:
http://www.vashti.net/mceinc/goldsqre.htm
Now *that's* some weird wild stuff;-)
-John
Robert Munafo wrote:
> Well, as you discovered, 5:6 isn't close to the Golden Ratio, but it's still a
> good idea. Perhaps you were thinking of 10:6, the aspect ratio of the "end"
> face of a 2x4 brick, which is fairly close to the Golden Ratio.
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> In lugnet.general, David Leese writes:
> > I know it's not the answer you were expecting, but 5:6 is close
> > to the 'golden ratio' used by the Greeks/Romans in their architecture.
> > They discovered/deduced that the ratio of 1:1.6 has a certain
> > mathematical beauty (I *wish* I could remember the derivation);
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> The derivation is:
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> 1 + phi = 1 / phi
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> where "phi" is the Golden Ratio. This has the effect that if you take a Golden
> rectangle and remove a square, the remaining part is a smaller Golden
> rectangle.
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> > and 1/1.6 = 0.625 while 5/6 = 0.833. I know it doesn't look close,
> > but trust me, it's close enough to bring about a certain feel-good
> > factor.... ish.
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| Thanks for posting that URL, John. When I got back into LEGO and began to realize the geometry, the first thing I did was to compare LEGO parts with the Golden Rectangle. Being an architect I was pleased to see that the LEGO geometry is indeed very (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I know it's not the answer you were expecting, but 5:6 is close to the 'golden ratio' used by the Greeks/Romans in their architecture. They discovered/deduced that the ratio of 1:1.6 has a certain mathematical beauty (I *wish* I could remember (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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