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Golden Maths & Myths
Webpages with golden rectangles and spiral on temples, paintings and shells are numerous. It's clear: the golden section is popular.
For Chris Impens, retired professor in Mathematics, is just a number. He's blogging for years on the issue an recently he put it all thogether in the text Golden Maths & Myths you can freely download. WHen I discovered this text I immediately contacted Chris with a plan to tell the whole story in a GeoGebrabook.
his text is truly a treasure. As a professor he teaches on spirals, as a surgeon he's filleting false claims.
Where does the name 'golden section' come from? What's the exact position of the navel in the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci and how golden are the Parthenon and the Nautilus pompilius shell? Starting from the tekst by Chris Impens, additional info from his blogs and other tekst, I’ll try to take you with me on a fascinating discovery. If you’re still hungry you can always read the original full tekst version. It was a joy to learn many new things and I hope that you also will discover a story in whitch 'Maths' are at least as fascinating as the 'Myths'.
