Re: PBS : The Parthenon.

On Jan 30, 5:49 am, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My sleep cycle is all screwed up. So I am wide awake in the middle of
the night until morning and sleep most of the day.

On nights when you can't sleep, stay active during the day and don't
sleep in the day time. When night time comes, you'll be so tire and
sleepy that you can't help but sleep that night. If you sleep during
the day, the cycle will just kept going, that you can't sleep at
night.

Today I chanced
into three excellent programs on PBS. The first one was on Greece's
Parthenon. The historical reconstruction that has been ongoing for
the past 30 years and cost more than $100 million is fascinating
enough. This is especially so on the ancient architectural
sophistication that incorporated the Golden Ratio to fool the eye to
create the most pleasing lines that make the Parthenon one of the
greatest works of man. If you can catch this program do pay close
attention to it.

Parthenon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Parthenon west façadeThe Parthenon (ancient Greek: ?a??e???) is a
temple built for the Greek goddess Athena in the 5th century BC on the
Acropolis of Athens. It is the most important surviving building of
Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the
development of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are
considered one of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is
regarded as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and of Athenian
democracy, and is one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. The
Greek Ministry of Culture is currently carrying out a program of
restoration and reconstruction.[1]

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Golden ratio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not to be confused with Golden mean (philosophy), the felicitous
middle between two extremes, Golden numbers, an indicator of years in
astronomy and calendar studies, or the Golden Rule.

The golden section is a line segment sectioned into two according to
the golden ratio. The total length a+b is to the longer segment a as a
is to the shorter segment b.In mathematics and the arts, two
quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of
those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between
the larger one and the smaller. The golden ratio is approximately
1.6180339887 (from the quadratic formula[1]).

At least since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have
proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio--especially in
the form of the golden rectangle, in which the ratio of the longer
side to the shorter is the golden ratio--believing this proportion to
be aesthetically pleasing. Mathematicians have studied the golden
ratio because of its unique and interesting properties.

The golden ratio can be expressed as a mathematical constant, usually
denoted by the Greek letter (phi). The figure of a golden section
illustrates the geometric relationship that defines this constant.
Expressed algebraically: (......more)

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