Pierre Cote wrote:
> 
> Even more interesting, 0.618 or so is an appealing number to humans.
> Notice how everything you look at is rectangular, not square. Of course,
> the length of the short side divided by the length of the long side on
> most rectangles does not always give 0.618, but the closer it is, the
> most appealing the shape is (so my High School math teacher says).
> 
> Hope this answers your questions,
> PierreC

Pierre,

This is commonly referred to as the golden rectangle.

This ratio appears often in nature as well. i.e. a nautilus shell & the
spiral in the center of a sunflower. 

-Charlie

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