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Re: Why 5 to 6?
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Sat, 7 Aug 1999 02:08:00 GMT
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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 close
to this proportion (if you stack 'em up right). Of course my colleague in
the next cube saw the drawing on my screen and has been wondering about me
ever since! Especially when those boxes from Conneticut show up...
John Matthews
John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
news:37A7AC91.90D66791@uswest.net...
> 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
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> Now *that's* some weird wild stuff;-)
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> -John
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> Robert Munafo wrote:
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> > 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.
> >
> > 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);
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > > 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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