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The Divine Proportion and Life
"All life is biology.
All biology is physiology. All physiology is chemistry. All
chemistry is physics. All physics is math."
Dr. Stephen Marquardt
The design of life is based on a "Golden Ruler™"
It has long been known that the Golden Section, or Divine Proportion, appears in
certain proportions of living organisms. In 1997, I began to wonder how universal
this was and how far it could be applied. I took a golden section of a line not just
once, but many times, to form what I like to call the "golden ruler," shown as
follows:
First, take a line and divide it so that the proportion of
(B) to (A) is the same as the proportion of (C) to (B):
Divide the line again and again in the same way:
Combine the segments to create a measuring stick or "Golden
Ruler™:"
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This appears in the proportions of many life forms:
The Golden Ruler™ can be expanded to a Golden Grid™
You can take the process another step further by creating a "Golden
Grid,"
taking it from one dimension to two dimensions:
This approach can be used to explain the physical proportions of many life forms, but
the most beautiful application is found in humans:
It appears that this "golden ruler" is a common, if not
universal, metric in the design of living organisms. Try it
on the Do It Yourself page!
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