Achieve excellence in whatever you do! The Golden Ratio, the phi relationship, has long been used by craftsmen and professionals of many fields to understand and achieve beauty, balance and harmony in their work. Artists, architects, designers, engineers, musicians, photographers, sculptors, surgeons and stock analysts alike use this relationship to achieve excellence in … [Read more...]
Golden Ratio Do It Yourself Projects
Golden Ruler Grid™ If you have a printer and transparencies, you can print the "Golden Ruler"© grid below and use it to see the golden section and phi in various objects. Simply hold the transparency in front of you and match the lines up to the object to see if its design is based on the golden section, as shown below. Here's a small sample grid or click on the … [Read more...]
Use of Images and Content from this Site
Permissions granted for educational and non-commercial uses To reference this site in APA format, the reference will depend on the page you are citing but will look like this: Meisner, Gary B. (Year, Month Date Published). Article title. Phi: The Golden Number, Retrieved Month Date, Year, from https://www.goldennumber.net This website was redesigned in 2012, so many of … [Read more...]
School Projects and Interviews
I've received a growing number of requests for ideas on school projects and even to respond to "interviews with an expert" which are being required by some teachers for a passing grade on projects. My hope with this site is to expand knowledge on phi and I appreciate the interest it has generated. Still, there's only one of me, and it's becoming increasing difficult to … [Read more...]
Links to Phi in Video and Multimedia resources
YouTube - Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land - The Disney Classic - Part I / Part II - Order from Amazon in DVD or VHS. Gordon Plummer presentation on "The Nature of Things" - Google Video / ESnips / ESnips Download BBC UK, In Our Time - The Fibonacci Sequence BBC UK, Science - 5 Numbers, Programme 3, The Golden Ratio / Direct link to audio YouTube - The Golden Mean and … [Read more...]
Phi and Fibonacci Jewelry
Following are sources of jewelry related to phi, the golden section and the Fibonacci series. Click on the image to see the jewelry and the description below to see background information. Ka-Gold Jewelry Nautilus Spiral Golden Mean Icosahedron Phi and The Golden Section Fibonacci Series Other … [Read more...]
Donations to GoldenNumber.net
A lot of effort has gone into making this site one of the best available on phi, and all at no charge to site viewers. Support from site visitors allows me to devote more time yet to exploring and expanding on this topic. If you would like to help meet the financial needs of this site, you can help in one of two ways. Purchasing anything from our affiliates generates a … [Read more...]
Golden Ratio Product and Service Affiliates
Looking for other phi-related resources? This is a good starting point for books, golden mean gauges, do-it-yourself projects and links to other phi-related sites. In addition, GoldenNumber.net uses products and services from the following companies and as is pleased to offer them to you for your consideration through our affiliation with them. By purchasing goods and … [Read more...]
Phi / Golden Ratio Products and Services
Software: PhiMatrix Golden Ratio Software - Design and Analyze PhiMatrix golden ratio software is a design and analysis software application for Windows and Mac. The PhiMatrix grid system quickly overlays any image in any software on your screen to identify or apply phi proportions in various grid styles, as well as custom user-defined ratios. It's not a plug-in but a … [Read more...]
Links to Resources and Information
Fibonacci Series and Golden Section - General Links Dr. Ron Knott's Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section Site - One of the most thorough sites on the Internet on this topic, and a winner of many awards. The Museum of Harmony and Golden Section Fibonacci Quarterly Home Page - Research Magazine The life and numbers of Leonardo Fibonacci Fascinating Fibonaccis - … [Read more...]