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An Oxford mathematician tests the Parthenon's curve against the eye's detection limit
Alain Goriely sets the stylobate's six-centimetre rise beside published curve-detection thresholds. Up close, he argues, the platform looks curved; at the distances where a sag would matter, the eye cannot see the curve at all.
Publishers:scientificamerican.com
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