Design/Thesis

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldenRatio.html

This site covers briefly the math origins of the Golden Ratio. This site is a good resource for where the ratio came from and how it can be applied. It's strictly the scientific/mathematic source of the ratio without any theories or anything else connected.

http://books.google.com/books?id=bUARfgWRH14C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mario+Livio%22&hl=en&ei=6tTFTMXMCMO78gaMrKW9DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

"The Golden Ratio: the story of PHI the world's most fascinating number" By Mario Livio
This book seems like it could potentially be a good source of information to inspire my thesis. I only read the first few pages but it seems that it will cover the origins of phi and then delve some of the fascinating theories with the number and myths attached.

http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_17.htm

This site has a ton of info on the ratio in art, architecture, the facial grid, in nature etc. Hopefully this is a reliable source of info it seems to have a good bibliography.