The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty H. E. Huntley, Huntley
Publisher: Dover Publications

Watching the tv-series Touch, I came across some things I studied at the high school and the university, which i found very fascinating. Pallett, Stephen Link and Kang Lee at the University of Toronto and. (1970), The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty, Dover Publications, New York, NY. It raised a huge controversy; kind of like the rosetta stone, as one of the professors here described it, of Bartok study. University study declares a “new” golden ratio for facial beauty but validates Phi, the Golden Ratio, as the basis for perceptions of beauty A university study (PDF) by Pamela M. As the Golden Section is found in the design and beauty of nature, it can also be used to achieve beauty and balance in the design of art. It is a mathematical constant (1.61803) that is found repeatedly in nature and has been used . Fibonacci sequence, divine proportion, democratic order and the beauty of Nature. But it turns out there is a mathematical aspect to beauty. In the 13th century, a mathematician named Mathematicians have studied the golden ratio because of its unique and interesting properties. The researchers didn't realize that the model faces used in their study contained numerous true Golden Ratios based on 1.618 and that the “new” golden ratios they measured were simply mathematical derivations of 1.618. The Golden Ratio, also known as the Golden Section, Golden Mean, Golden Rectangle, and the Divine Proportion, has fascinated mathematicians since the time of the Pharaohs. 24 The Divine Proportion – a study in Mathematical beauty. Bronowski – 'Science and Human Values' (Pelican 1964) p29-30. Look closely at a snail shell–it's a beautiful example of The Golden Mean (the divine proportion–a mathematical expression found in Nature, art, architecture, philosophy…everything). The golden mean is also referred to as the golden section, golden proportion, golden ratio, phi ratio, sacred cut, divine proportion, rule of thirds, or the Fibonacci ratio. Research has shown that cross culturally, through thousands of variations on the theme, humans find facial symmetry in relation to this Divine Proportion beautiful.