The Golden Ratio: Is It Myth or Math? Watch on (via It's Okay to Be Smart) The golden ratio. Some say it’s the most mythical number in the universe. Others say it underlies everything from nature’s ...

In fact, Mr. Ruhlman’s “mixing glass of choice is a standard 4-cup Pyrex Measuring Cup.” One purpose of “The Book of Cocktail Ratios” is to demystify the making of drinks and dismiss ...

However, despite not taking a math class this semester, one thing that I seemed to learn a lot about was “ratios.” In the mathematical sense, ratios are the quantitative relationship between two ...

P. G. Matthews, M. R. Lewis, E. M. Hubbard. Individual Differences in Nonsymbolic Ratio Processing Predict Symbolic Math Performance. Psychological Science, 2015; DOI: 10.1177/0956797615617799 ...

OK, just one more math-y tidbit. The Golden Ratio is not only an irrational number, it appears to be the most irrational of all possible numbers.