Golden Rule concept

Compromise with Practicality. The design that mirrors the users concepts most closely is not always the most efficient, and it sometimes takes significant factoring in design to achieve flexibility. Compromises must be made, and there is an architectural decision about how far to do so. Fortunately, this can be taken to different degrees in different parts of the design see Pattern 6.2, The Golden Rule versus Other Optimizations. 

Some alchemists even considered gold as condensed sunbeams [1] and used to represent it by the symbol of a circle, the hallmark of mathematical perfection. Let us recall in this respect, e.g., the Golden Section in geometry, the concept of a gold number in colloidal chemistry after R. A. Zsigmondy (Z. Anal. Chem. XL, 697 (1901)) and J. B. Richter and M. Faraday (Phil. Trans. CXLVII, 145 (1857), and the Golden Rule in quantum theory. 

Bennett, M. J. (1998). Overcoming the golden rule Sympathy and empathy. In M. J. Bennett (Ed.), Basic concepts of intercultural communication Selected readings (pp. 191-214). Yarmouth, ME Intercultural Press. 

The period 1930-1980s may be the golden age for the growth of qualitative theories and conceptual models. As is well known, the frontier molecular orbital theory [1-3], Woodward-Hoffmann rules [4, 5], and the resonance theory [6] have equipped chemists well for rationalizing and predicting pericyclic reaction mechanisms or molecular properties with fundamental concepts such as orbital symmetry and hybridization. Remarkable advances in aeative synthesis and fine characterization during recent years appeal for new conceptual models. 

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