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Golden Ratio - The Mathematical Beast of the Beauty

December 30, 2016Staff

Author: Suraj Kamath
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Ever wondered, at least while hearing the name of a beauty competition champion like Ms. Universe Aiswarya Rai, that on what basis the models are qualified and given the championship in the competition pageant…???

Followed by so many tests such as personality, general knowledge, stress handling, the contestants will go through a beauty checking process. So now here is the question. On what basis the contestants are evaluated?

The concept of beauty may differ from person to person. Still, there is a recognized measure to "mathematically" check “Beauty”. That is The Golden Ratio. The Golden ratio is a special number found by dividing a line into two parts so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to the whole length divided by the longer part.

It is often symbolized using phi, after the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. In an equation form, it looks like this:

a/b = (a+b)/a = 1.6180339887498948420 …

It is an irrational value which can also be represented by ϕ = (1+(5)^0.5)/2

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A photograph showing the measurements of beauty in the human face.

Around 1200, mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci discovered the unique properties of the Fibonacci sequence. This sequence ties directly into the Golden ratio because if you take any two successive Fibonacci numbers, their ratio is very close to the Golden ratio. As the numbers get higher, the ratio becomes even closer to 1.618. For example, the ratio of 3 to 5 is 1.666. But the ratio of 13 to 21 is 1.625. Getting even higher, the ratio of 144 to 233 is 1.618. These numbers are all successive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence.

The Golden ratio also appears in all forms of nature and science. Some unexpected places include:

Flower petals: The number of petals on some flowers follows the Fibonacci sequence. It is believed that in the Darwinian processes, each petal is placed to allow for the best possible exposure to sunlight and other factors.

Seed heads: The seeds of a flower are often produced at the center and migrate outward to fill the space. For example, sunflowers follow this pattern.

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Pinecones: The spiral pattern of the seed pods spiral upward in opposite directions. The number of steps the spirals take tend to match Fibonacci numbers.

Sculptures and Paintings: Great painters like Da Vinci and ceramists like Picasso do care about the golden ratio to be included in their work.

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Tree branches: The way tree branches form or split is an example of the Fibonacci sequence. Root systems and algae exhibit this formation pattern.

Shells: Many shells, including snail shells and nautilus shells, are perfect examples of the Golden spiral.

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Spiral galaxies: The Milky Way has a number of spiral arms, each of which has a logarithmic spiral of roughly 12 degrees. The shape of the spiral is identical to the Golden spiral, and the Golden rectangle can be drawn over any spiral galaxy.

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Hurricanes: Much like shells, hurricanes often display the Golden spiral.

Fingers: The length of our fingers, each section from the tip of the base to the wrist is larger than the preceding one by roughly the ratio of phi.

Animal bodies: The measurement of the human navel to the floor and the top of the head to the navel is the Golden ratio. But we are not the only examples of the Golden ratio in the animal kingdom; dolphins, starfish, sand dollars, sea urchins, ants and honeybees also exhibit the proportion.

DNA molecules: A DNA molecule measures 34 angstroms by 21 angstroms at each full cycle of the double helix spiral. In the Fibonacci series, 34 and 21 are successive numbers.

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Modern Technology and even its logos: The new and innovative companies nowadays try to include the golden mean in their products as well as in their ads. Research shows that it carry the magic to attract the eye vision to look at it.

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This is how the golden ratio is technically used in measuring the “amount of beauty”.

So friends now update your conditions in the matrimonial site…!!

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Handling Emotions - The first step towards Emotional Intelligence

December 27, 2016Staff

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Author: Prachi Singh

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Emotions are strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood or relationship with others. We as teenagers always undergo a havoc of emotions inside us. It’s all because of the hormonal changes happening in our bodies. Most of the emotions come out of good or weird relationships with the people around, hardly there are emotions which come up from one’s own actions. Being an emotional person is considered good or bad depending on the situation ahead of the person. These days, the number of people (mostly youngsters) who are suffering from chronic depression is alarming! What is the reason behind people going into depression? Why are people becoming more emotionless and feeling less? The reason for all the above-mentioned questions is quite deep and shocking. These emotions such as sadness, loneliness and all don’t affect the person because of a single incident that took place in their life. All these emotions arise because of, they suppressing their emotions.

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In each and every person’s life, there will be n number of incidents which would have left a great impact on their mind. But if there is nobody to properly support them and guide them to come out of any such situation, the result is either depression or loss of self-confidence. To overcome such problems one solution is: sharing the emotions and problems with someone who knows the person, it can be parents or friends. The second option is: consulting a psychiatrist, where the whole society thinks that person is mad/crazy, which in turn increases the difficulty of the person going through it.

The most preferred are talking to friends’ n family. Here parents and friends play a very vital role. As a child is most close to his/her parents, it’s the duty of the parents to find time for their kids and make sure their child is content and happy. If not parents, then it’s Friends who can help. It’s when one doesn’t get aid from either family or friends that he/she ends up going to a psychiatrist.

We as humans are blessed by the Almighty to be able to express and convey to others what we feel. But if we are not making the best use of this so powerful and best means of conveying ourselves and our ideas to others, then we are not doing justice to ourselves. So, my dear Friends and Readers, we get only one life to live, just make it worthwhile and happy. The only means to be happy and content is by expressing ourselves to all of those whom we know and care for!

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