Similar to the parthenon in Greece, the architecture of the Wheaton Library is an expression of the golden ratio.The perimeter of the rectangle is measured from the horizontal line at the top of the stairs and vertically up past the length of a column to the top of the building. A ratio of 1 to 1.618 represent the height and width of the rectangle. In addition, Fibonacci numbers and the golden mean are often found together. For example, there are 8 columns, and the stairs are split into 3 sections (both numbers found in the Fibonacci sequence).
Similar to the parthenon in Greece, the architecture of the Wheaton Library is an expression of the golden ratio.The perimeter of the rectangle is measured from the horizontal line at the top of the stairs and vertically up past the length of a column to the top of the building. A ratio of 1 to 1.618 represent the height and width of the rectangle. In addition, Fibonacci numbers and the golden mean are often found together. For example, there are 8 columns, and the stairs are split into 3 sections (both numbers found in the Fibonacci sequence).
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