The 13 Most Famous Numbers and Their Stories

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on Dec 29, 2008 at 3:21 pm

When I saw the title, I thought this might be a comedy posting, but it really is the stories of famous numbers. The pictured number is called the “golden section”.

This number [represented by the symbol at left] is also known as the golden section and is commonly accepted as an expression that describes the perfect proportions in architecture or anatomy. 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 a mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887.

Of course, not all of them are this serious, but they are fascinating. Link -via the Presurfer

Tags: math, numbers

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Dave
Dec 29th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
These may be the most famous, but 1 is the loneliest.
Bret Hammond
Dec 29th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Neat but I hate to be nitpicky, but there are a LOT of typos in the article. From spelling and grammar mistakes to the the final number. 1 Fantasticatillion is the total worth of Scrooge McDuck, not his nephew Donald Duck.

Sheesh…get it right.
liphttam1
Dec 29th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
No one isnt the lonelyist, Pi is. I mean nobody knows him. He’s just a loner.
DaveL
Dec 29th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
3 is the number of minutes I want back after reading that article.
just a guy
Dec 30th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Herr Ratio – German mathmatical constant that was a friend to Hamlet.
Annette
Dec 30th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
It’s funny to read this as my husband and I have often wondered why I’ve been lucky and he hasn’t. Recently, I won a shopping spree. Usually, I’m the one that notices free drawings, coupons, etc. I figure that I have nothing to lose and may possibly gain something and why not me. Somebody has to win and it could be me. Talking to other people, they often say that they’ll never win so they don’t even try. I suppose a bit of optimism is involved.
just a guy
Dec 31st, 2008 at 7:54 am
Annette – this comment seems to be for the ‘Secret of luck’ post….

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