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Golden Rectangles
Apollyon - Grammar Fascist Started conversation Feb 19, 2005
The Greeks were right. I forget when, but at some point people were brought into a lab and asked to say which of a series of rectangles they liked most. They almost always picked the ones in Phi.
Golden Rectangles
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Feb 20, 2005
Personally, I find the golden rectangle much too short. I prefer mine a bit longer.
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