iandol on wed 28 jun 00
To follow Paul Taylor=92s posting.
Although many people thing that the Golden Mean is some sort of magic =
number which can be applied to works in their construction, design or =
analysis, there is an example of this ratio which we all carry with us =
from birth to death.
It is the natural ratio of the lengths of the joints of our fingers to =
each other. Do this test. Hold your arm horizontal before your chest. =
Crook your elbow and your wrist and turn your hand inwards then bend the =
fingers across towards your upper arm. The angles of your shoulder, =
elbow, wrist, palm and fingers are all points on a natural spiral. It =
can also be found from the numerical series =
2,3,5,8,13,21..=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85..ad inf
Ivor Lewis. Having failed Math I & II I am willing to bank on my =
intuition on this one.
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