Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Golden Mean

Weston Taylor
Film 1
Pd. 8

                                                            The Golden Mean


            The Golden Mean is derived from the Fibonacci sequence, where each number in the 
sequence is the sum of the two previous numbers. The Golden Mean is found when dividing a 
number in the sequence to the number before it. This mean is represented in many forms in nature. A 
nautilus shell spirals into smaller and smaller sections, which are approximately the same as the 
Golden Mean. The mean is also present in parts of the human body. For example, the length of a 
finger bone in the hand is approximately the length of the first two bones in the finger, and the length of your arms from fingertip to fingertip is the same as your height. Many famous works of art like the Mona Lisa and works of architecture like stonehenge display the Golden Mean.







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