The Golden Ratio, Beauty and Design: It’s time to ‘face’ the facts.
In October 2015, Dr. Keith Devlin was interviewed by science writer Julia Calderone in an article titled “The one formula that’s supposed to ‘prove beauty’ is fundamentally wrong.”
Professor Devlin is an accomplished Ph.D. in mathematics at Stanford University and NPR’s Math Guy. His comments have reach and impact, but his views on the golden ratio are not always accurate, complete, consistent, objective, or supported by evidence.
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