"Pesta kommer" - "The plague is coming" ~ Theodor Kittelsen (ca. 1894)
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Fibonacci Series.
The Fibonacci series covers the simplest golden section sequence which can be expressed in whole-numbers (the golden section of 89 being 55, and that of 55 being 34, etc.):
2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 …
In it each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers (that is, 2+3 =5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13, etc.).
The sequence approaches nearer and nearer the proportion of the geometrical golden section i.e. the irrational key-number of the geometric mean: the square of every number is equal to the product of the numbers preceding and following it - with the difference of plus or minus 1.
The Fibonacci series embodies the low of natural growth. In the fir-cone starting from the centre, a system of spirals runs in the right and left directions, in which the number of spirals always result in the values of the Fibonacci sequence: 3, 5, 8 and 13 spirals.
A similar setting can be seen on the sunflower, pineapple, chamomile, dandelion, marguerite, cactus, likewise in the arrangement of leaves on the stem and in the horns of some ruminating animals.
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Quantum Hand.
In 2002, two men savagely attacked Jason Padgett outside a karaoke bar, leaving him with a severe concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder. But the incident also turned Padgett into a mathematical genius who sees the world through the lens of Geometry. He developed the ability to visualize complex Mathematical objects and Physics concepts intuitively. The injury, while devastating, seems to have unlocked part of his brain that makes everything in his world appear to have a Mathematical structure.
This condition is called Synesthesia. He is currently being studied along with several other savants to try to discover how this condition works. This is how he saw his hand when asked to draw it.
Look at your hand and see how the cells form fractal patterns much like what he draws. The elegant beauty of the Universe that allows a Mind to see all Math as shapes.
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