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	Golden ratio

JICWyllie

5-24-2007 10:07 AM

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metaknowledge, golden mean

JICWyllie says:

This is the ratio which makes Georgian architecture so magical. Some say Pythagorus was a magician. The real magus.

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2. Draw a line from the midpoint of one side to an opposite corner.
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