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People have been aware of the nature of phi for millenia, though it gained much of its modern day notoriety in recent centuries. Lost in the advent of scorch the earth crusades by the Roman Emperor and the Pope, it was saved from the pires of religious zealots by the fervour of a alledged forger and aspiring accountant's zeal for Papal favor following a surprising reprieve and Papal approval of the alledged plagiarised publication by the well accliamed mathematician,
Luca Pacioli.
Pacioli was a tutor and accidental acquiantance of Leonardo Da Vinci who used the artists acclaimed wire frame illustrations of the Platonic Solids to bolster his claim for authorship, and secure himself a audience with the Pope by using the pontifical claim to divinity in the title of bis forgery "De Divina Proportione". The publcation was a instant favourite and famously sold out of first print copies and further bolstering rumours that the book was plagiarised. While the relations between them had soured after the unauthorised use of the drawings in 1509, their animosity reignited when the Pope agreed to fund a fresco by Leonardo. At the time the former Franciscan frair had since engratiated himself to the Pope and was appointmed as the duly appointed accountant of the Pope and bookkeeper of the Holy See. Haunted by mocking peers and the persistent rumours that Leonardo was the reason for his publications surprising popularity, he tried his best to feign the artists claim to fame. After a open conflict over the consistency of the colours that he requested the embattled painter claimed foul and sacked all his assistants and support, and after barricading himself took residence on the sight and denied anyone from accessing the site. This famously included all mandated Papal inspections causing frequent high noon l standoffs between the public row by the emmissaries of the Pope. After being accused of stalling tactics to extend his tenure he vowed to finish on the the date as agreed and completed his fresco without further ado. Jn the aftermath of the acrimonius relationship the ratio of phi was saved from the ashes, the first ever illustration of the Platonic Solids came to light, and how a aspiring accountant become known as "The Father of Modern Day Accounting".
The drawings made by Leonardo da Vinci incorporated phi was the first of their kind after the purge of the priory ordered by former Papal Bull and it is possible that da Vinci was the first to call it a "sectio aurea", from the Latin meaning golden area, but it wasn't until the 1800s that American mathematician Mark Barr used the Greek letter Φ (phi) to represent this number.
Colloquial nomenclature such as the divine proportion or golden section, its miraculous properties was popularized0 by the Novelist Dan Brown in his bestselling book "The Da Vinci Code". In the novel the main character discusses how it represents the ideal ratio of beauty, and how evidence of the expression is found throughout a of history. His claim led to outrage among traditional scholars who routinely debunk such assertions. It also unleashed a slew of counter argments that denounce acclaimed archeological measurements of phi as inherently imprecise, arbitrary, and disclaim evidence of pyramids as accurate examples of the golden ratio.
Phi enthusiasts who believe the Pyramids of Giza, built between 2589 and 2504 BC were constructed in the golden ratio are often challenged by rational arguments like those of Markowsky in his 1992 paper on the ratio,that measurements of real objects can only be approximations, and surfaces of real objects are never perfectly flat. The doubt that is vested in such a seemingly plausible point of view has has been the bane of a self apparent slew of evidence in clear present view without the need to rely on archeological evidence. Debunking the beleaguered opinion has regrettably done very little to resolve our distrust in Nature, and the view that our environment is a threat to our survival prevail unabated in spite of the mounting proof that existence conform to immutable principles, and that change always manifest according to the mathematical ratio we all know as phi. While finding scientific proof of phi is rare the significance that flower petals come in Fibonacci numbers, or that pine cones are arranged in spirals of the Fibonacci series far outweigh the fact that many plants don't follow the rule, and thwarted by disbelief we fail to notice when it inevitably does.
Rather than realising the mutual relevance of Nature's creative confluence we prefer a proprietary purview that denounces natural principles for deific decree, believe in the sanctity of the status quo, who think of life as test of mettle instead of a changing and constantly evolving marvel of co creation.
Luca Pacioli.
Pacioli was a tutor and accidental acquiantance of Leonardo Da Vinci who used the artists acclaimed wire frame illustrations of the Platonic Solids to bolster his claim for authorship, and secure himself a audience with the Pope by using the pontifical claim to divinity in the title of bis forgery "De Divina Proportione". The publcation was a instant favourite and famously sold out of first print copies and further bolstering rumours that the book was plagiarised. While the relations between them had soured after the unauthorised use of the drawings in 1509, their animosity reignited when the Pope agreed to fund a fresco by Leonardo. At the time the former Franciscan frair had since engratiated himself to the Pope and was appointmed as the duly appointed accountant of the Pope and bookkeeper of the Holy See. Haunted by mocking peers and the persistent rumours that Leonardo was the reason for his publications surprising popularity, he tried his best to feign the artists claim to fame. After a open conflict over the consistency of the colours that he requested the embattled painter claimed foul and sacked all his assistants and support, and after barricading himself took residence on the sight and denied anyone from accessing the site. This famously included all mandated Papal inspections causing frequent high noon l standoffs between the public row by the emmissaries of the Pope. After being accused of stalling tactics to extend his tenure he vowed to finish on the the date as agreed and completed his fresco without further ado. Jn the aftermath of the acrimonius relationship the ratio of phi was saved from the ashes, the first ever illustration of the Platonic Solids came to light, and how a aspiring accountant become known as "The Father of Modern Day Accounting".
The drawings made by Leonardo da Vinci incorporated phi was the first of their kind after the purge of the priory ordered by former Papal Bull and it is possible that da Vinci was the first to call it a "sectio aurea", from the Latin meaning golden area, but it wasn't until the 1800s that American mathematician Mark Barr used the Greek letter Φ (phi) to represent this number.
Colloquial nomenclature such as the divine proportion or golden section, its miraculous properties was popularized0 by the Novelist Dan Brown in his bestselling book "The Da Vinci Code". In the novel the main character discusses how it represents the ideal ratio of beauty, and how evidence of the expression is found throughout a of history. His claim led to outrage among traditional scholars who routinely debunk such assertions. It also unleashed a slew of counter argments that denounce acclaimed archeological measurements of phi as inherently imprecise, arbitrary, and disclaim evidence of pyramids as accurate examples of the golden ratio.
Phi enthusiasts who believe the Pyramids of Giza, built between 2589 and 2504 BC were constructed in the golden ratio are often challenged by rational arguments like those of Markowsky in his 1992 paper on the ratio,that measurements of real objects can only be approximations, and surfaces of real objects are never perfectly flat. The doubt that is vested in such a seemingly plausible point of view has has been the bane of a self apparent slew of evidence in clear present view without the need to rely on archeological evidence. Debunking the beleaguered opinion has regrettably done very little to resolve our distrust in Nature, and the view that our environment is a threat to our survival prevail unabated in spite of the mounting proof that existence conform to immutable principles, and that change always manifest according to the mathematical ratio we all know as phi. While finding scientific proof of phi is rare the significance that flower petals come in Fibonacci numbers, or that pine cones are arranged in spirals of the Fibonacci series far outweigh the fact that many plants don't follow the rule, and thwarted by disbelief we fail to notice when it inevitably does.
Rather than realising the mutual relevance of Nature's creative confluence we prefer a proprietary purview that denounces natural principles for deific decree, believe in the sanctity of the status quo, who think of life as test of mettle instead of a changing and constantly evolving marvel of co creation.