


The figure below shows the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens.


Built in the fifth century B.C., it is an example of architecture that uses the golden ratio.


Then you can divide the smaller rectangle into a square and a rectangle, and then you can divide the next rectangle, and so on, as shown below.


When you connect the corresponding corners of each similar rectangle, you get a spiral that happens to be the same shape as the spiraling shell of the nautilus — amazing!