Thanks, George! (And March 27, 2015 is just in time for this April 15 broadcast, too.) --Dan
On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:43 PM, George Hart <george@georgehart.com> wrote:
On 4/14/2015 3:16 PM, Dan Asimov wrote:
...It is, perhaps, not such a good idea to use an astrophysicist to expound on math, especially this astrophysicist, who wrote a book about the golden ratio filled with misinformation...
It is indeed a shame that Mario Livio missed the opportunity to correct popular misconceptions about the golden ratio in his popular book. I would have expected a scientist to have more of a scientific approach. I tried to correct some of the misconceptions as best I could in these two videos:
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/multimedia/mathematical-impressions-multime...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gxC8OjoQkQ
George http://georgehart.com/