![]() ![]() The basic concept, however, was first advanced by the Greek geometer Euclid. For that matter, synonyms like golden section and golden ratio, notwithstanding their air of antiquity, may date back only to the 19th century. Yeah, although the term wasn’t invented till the early 1900s, by American mathematician Mark Barr. ![]() So what I’ll do here is go through Brown’s often loopy assertions and follow each with the facts. (To cite one egregious example of his imprecision, he continually refers to the painter of the Mona Lisa as “da Vinci.” As anyone with a semester of art history knows, the man’s name was Leonardo da Vinci merely refers to his birthplace.) Phi is a cool concept, though, and Lord knows I don’t get many chances to expound on higher mathematics and dump on a fellow scribbler at the same time. Brown’s exegesis of phi - for that matter, his whole book - is so cartoonish that you’re inclined to dismiss it out of hand. ![]()
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