Learn, apply and excel with Phi, the Golden Ratio
This site exists to help you appreciate the incredible beauty and design in the world around you and to excel in whatever you do by applying these same principles of design to your own creative works, following in the thoughts of many great minds before you, from ancient civilizations to the Renaissance to the best of class in all areas of today’s arts and design.
Applications of the Golden Ratio
GoldenNumber.Net explores the pervasive appearance of Phi, 1.618, the Golden Ratio, in mathematics, geometry, life and the universe and shows you how to apply it, and its applications are limitless:
- Art
- Architecture
- Design of any kind – Graphics, logos, products, fashion, web sites and more
- Photo composition, photo cropping matting and framing
- Personal beauty and facial or dental cosmetic procedures to enhance beauty
- Stock market and FOREX analysis
Get started with an overview of the Golden Ratio
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Discussion on the Golden Ratio
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Goals of GoldenNumber.net
We’re dedicated to providing you with the best information and tools on this Golden Number, known as Phi, the Golden Ratio, Golden Section, Golden Proportion, Golden Mean or the Divine Proportion, and its mathematical cousin the Fibonacci Sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 …)
Our goal is to present a broad sampling of phi-related topics in a visually engaging and easy-to-understand format, to provide an online community in which new findings about Phi can be shared and discussed and to offer tools and services (see the right side bar) to aid in your understanding and application of phi and the golden ratio in your work, passions or hobbies.
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Why is the golden ratio called divine ratio?
It’s more often called the Divine proportion, which is the English translation taken from the book “De divina proportione” (On the Divine Proportion), written in 1509 by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci. The title expresses the thought that this golden ratio proportion of design found in nature and in the human form is an expression of God, our Creator.