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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Phi - The Beautiful Number

Have you heard of Phi? It is often called the golden ratio or the golden rectangle and is equal to approximately 1.618. It is used in architecture, such as the Parthenon, and you frequently see it in nature. A grad school classmate is studying the use of phi in music and has found that it occurs in "Under the Sea" from Disney's The Little Mermaid. Music is often composed so that the climax mathematically fits the golden ratio. If you listen carefully you'll hear it occur right when the blowfish blows!

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