by Reginald King Mark Bebbington THE resurgence of light music both on disc and latterly in the concert hall-thanks to conductors like John Wilson-has been a phenomenon of the last 20 years.
Golden Ratio. The golden ratio (symbol is the Greek letter phi shown at left) is a special number approximately equal to 1.618. It appears many times in geometry, art, architecture and other areas.
The fact that the ratio of successive numbers in the sequence tends to the Golden Ratio of around 1.618:1 may or may not have been known to Fibonacci; in any event, he did not mention it in his book.