Golden Ratio and Golden Rectangle

Date: 5/8/96 at 21:14:34
From: Anonymous
Subject: Golden Ratio and Golden Rectangle

Can you please give me information or a lead as to where to look for 
the following:

1. What is the golden ratio?
2. What is the golden rectangle?
3. What is the value of the golden ratio?
4. How is the golden ratio related to the golden rectangle?
5. How is it still used today?

Thank You.

Date: 5/13/96 at 10:59:22
From: Doctor Jodi
Subject: Golden Ratio and Golden Rectangle

Hi there! 

The relation between the golden ratio/golden rectangle/Fibonacci 
numbers is a really great topic! I'm going to send you a few Web 
addresses related to this question. You can also search the Dr. Math 
archive at http://mathforum.org/dr.math/    for more answers.

 http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html   
Lots of pages here on this topic. A great place to start!

 http://galaxy.cau.edu/tsmith/KW/golden.html   
Good introductory pages with nice pictures. There's a nice path 
through them, too.

I hope this helps. Let us know if you have other questions.

-Doctor Jodi,  The Math Forum
 Check out our web site!  http://mathforum.org/dr.math/