Readings: The Golden Ratio

Reading

Read this blog post Links to an external site. about all the place the Golden Ratio is found in nature. It was written by George Dvorsky in 2013.

This reading is an uncomplicated introduction to the Golden Ratio and the ideas that spirals are found ubiquitously throughout nature -from skin pores to hurricanes.

 

Video 1

Watch this video that will get you thinking about patterns in nature. Search for them at your "place". Nature by Numbers published by Cristóbal Vila in 2010 (~4mins).

No transcript for this video (only music).

 

Video 2

Watch this video that will help you to understand the Fibonacci sequence and how it appears in so many plants. This video entitled, Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [1 of 3] was published by Vi Hart (~6mins).

Transcript for this video. Download Transcript for this video.

 

Video 3

Watch this video that brings spirals shapes found in nature into motion using strobe lighting and a spinning surface. It's mesmerizing. This video entitled, Bloom: Strobe-Animated Sculptures was made by John Edmark (~2mins).

 No transcript for this video (only music).