Golden ratio (nonfiction): Difference between revisions

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In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities.

1597: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin writes the first known calculation of the (inverse) golden ratio as a decimal of "about 0.6180340" is a letter to Johannes Kepler.
Supervillain Gnotilus believed to have secreted multiple caches of Weaponized geometry solvent for use against Golden ratio.
ENIAC processes geometry solvent into Clandestiphrine, Golden ratio vulnerable to covert recursion, warn temporal interrogators.
Consumer spokespersona says "geometry solvent" is nothing more than dish soap plus Extract of Radium.

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+File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1597: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] writes the first known calculation of the (inverse) golden ratio as a decimal of "about 0.6180340" is a letter to [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]].
 File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|Supervillain [[Gnotilus]] believed to have secreted multiple caches of [[Geometry solvent|Weaponized geometry solvent]] for use against Golden ratio.
 File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|[[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]] processes [[geometry solvent]] into [[Clandestiphrine]], Golden ratio vulnerable to covert recursion, warn temporal interrogators.