The media went crazy about this story that a “teen spotted an error in museum.” Actually the museum is correct. In this video I’ll explain the central issue: there are two ways of writing the golden ratio.
My blog post explanation: http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2015/07/08/this-is-also-the-golden-ratio/#.VZ2uP_lVhBc
Boston teen spots error in museum
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/07/06/year-old-catches-math-error-the-museum-science/awhREamdn1KRg7nz2gGyPO/story.html
Mathematician explains the museum is not wrong
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2015/07/07/math-error-museum-science-not-fast/BJBCcndGWe9YC2mnCUrP1O/story.html
Museum tweets out confusing statement that it was correct
There are a lot of people talking about math today! Here is our statement on student Joseph Rosenfeld's observation: pic.twitter.com/4r1006jGd1
— Museum of Science (@museumofscience) July 7, 2015
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