Squaring the circle is the age old problem of constructing a square with the same area(or perimeter) as the circle. Greek mathematicians attempted to solve this ancient riddle using a ruler and compass only. Later we learned this is impossible due to the transcendental nature of π. Leonardo Da Vincis Vitruvian Man displays Man within a circle and a square. The square he used is a consolidation, a duality of two distinct solutions to squaring the circle, or obtaining the unobtainable. Did Leonardo encode the solution of this ancient philosophical quandary by suggesting that man is the mean between two transcendental impossibilities?
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 06:11:34 +0000
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