Today isn't just a plain-old Monday: It’s June 18, which is also written as 6-18. So let me be the first to wish you a Happy Phi Day! Just as some people who are fascinated by the irrational ...

What thrills mathematicians, inspires artists, electrifies authors and has captivated at least one cosmetic surgeon? 1.6180339887 … The number is phi, also called the “golden ratio,” the “golden ...

AKRON -- For centuries, a mathematical concept called phi has fascinated artists, architects and mathematicians -- and more recently, readers of The Da Vinci Code. It's a ratio, an aesthetically ...

For centuries, a mathematical concept called phi has fascinated artists, architects and mathematicians -- and more recently, readers of "The Da Vinci Code." It's a ratio, an aesthetically pleasing ...

A baker who lost half his business to the low-carb craze has written a book based on the mathematical principles of the Golden Ratio, a formula used by Leonardo Da Vinci and made popular in the best ...

AKRON, Ohio — For centuries, a mathematical constant called phi has fascinated artists, architects and mathematicians — and more recently, readers of The Da Vinci Code. It’s a ratio, an aesthetically ...

Dan Brown’s blockbuster book, “The Da Vinci Code,” already has upset the Catholic church and confounded medieval historians. Now, you can add mathematicians to the list. As the movie version of the ...

July 4, 2004 -- Specific numbers sometimes play a role in fiction. Witness the novel The Da Vinci Code, where the number is the Golden Ratio symbolized by the Greek letter phi, or the movie Pi, where ...