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The 'Golden Mean'

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1

What is unique about the proportion that we call the golden mean?
2

What is the ancient name for Egypt?
3

What two traditions were intimately intertwined in medieval alchemy?
4

When was Stonehenge built? Where?
5

Name two aspects of the pyramid of Cheops that point to the Egyptian preoccupation with precision?
6

When and where was the Temple of Solomon built?
7

When and where was the Parthenon built? And to whom was it dedicated?
8

What is Humanism?
9

Upon what notion did Plato base his Theory of Forms?
10

What was Fibonacci's important contribution to Western science and technology?
11

Who illustrated Fra Luca Pacioli's neoplatonic treatise on the spiritual implications of harmonious proportions?
12

In what year did a mathematician first realize that the golden mean was hidden in Fibonacci's Summation Series?
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In what year did botanists first observe that sunflowers grow in accordance with Fibonacci's Summation Series?