Mathematics were not invented by humans, but they are a universal language. The same that uses nature to express themselves through their beings, communicate and manage the gear of each of its parts, either an atom or a galaxy, either microscopic or macroscopic.
Just by looking around us, we find the harmonious language of mathematics.
A closer look at the shapes and relationships in nature , we can see perfection in different geometric shapes and math will note in some numbers printed-for example on the wings of butterflies what do they mean? Now we’ll know.
The divine proportion
The petals of flowers -mostly- have perfect symmetry, similar to others in the nature as the shell of a snail, mineral crystals and even our galaxy.
At this symmetry it is called “divine proportion”, “golden ratio” or “golden number”. It is a recurring number in some patterns of nature and we can not believe it’s a fad or a fluke.
In Latin this is represented by the Greek letter phi (1.618 = ratio of its longest side on the lower side) and is a unique and harmonically aesthetic code.
In simplest terms the proportion would have to have the segment AB with respect to BC to be equal to the ratio AB and AC.
It is also known that different parts of the human body keep this ratio, including the first phalanx of the second finger and is the third. Also the navel divides the body height in the golden ratio .
It is also said that the most beautiful faces are those who keep this symmetrical ratio, which is a beauty that lasts throughout all time.
You can also see this “divine proportion” in pieces of ancient art and architecture. According to some historians, the Egyptians believed that the golden ratio was sacred, so they used in the construction of temples and mausoleums.
In nature this number appears in the most unlikely places, like the hive of bees, in the form of growth of some plants or in the coils of some snails .
The spiral design is common in nature. In addition to the shells of snails , it is in the eddies of water, turbulence smoke from a chimney, on the horns of an ibex or in the order of matter of galaxies and this phenomenon is independent of the fabric or material which is involved in the process.
