Golden Geometry - elegance in mathematics
First discovered in the 1960's by Steven Baer, Golden Geometry is a three dimensional relationship of points where the spacing and angles between the points are based on a mathematical constant known as the Golden Ratio. Points are arranged along 3 primary sets of symmetrical axes: 2-fold, 3-fold, and 5-fold. Example polyhedra include the 5 Platonic solids, which are visible as the navigation buttons of this website - from the top down: dodecahedron, icosahedron, tetrahedron, octahedron, and cube.
Because of its foundation on the Golden Ratio, lengths in Golden Geometry possess an important and unique mathematical property: they are both additive and multiplicative. This unique attribute is utilized to great engineering advantage by the Aurodyn space frame systems.
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