Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It is "irrational number" and its decimal expansion therefore does not terminate or repeat. The first 10 decimal places are: 3.14159 26535 ... Fractional approximations to Pi There are few fractional approximations to Pi (that give very close approximation of the “pi”). In order of increasing … [Read more...]
Sacred Geometry – Part 2
“Philosophy is written in this grand book – I mean the universe — which stands continually open to our gaze. But it cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and interpret the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures, without which it is … [Read more...]
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
Vitruvian Man Introduction The Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The … [Read more...]