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To: Fred Nerks; little jeremiah

Fibonacci did not, however, discover the sequence – it was recorded in Sanskrit at least as far back as 200 BC. Nor does the sequence explain anything about artistic beauty via the so-called ‘golden section’, as Keith Devlin reminds us in his new book Finding Fibonacci>>>>>>>>>>>

The Golden Mean allegedly debunked by an Arabic touch stone?

Fibonacci sequence describes far to many shapes in nature. NO DEBUNK!


15 posted on 04/22/2017 2:09:02 AM PDT by Candor7 (i DO)
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To: Candor7

The Golden Mean was the primary design tool of Ancient Egypt 3000 years prior.


17 posted on 04/22/2017 2:21:51 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Candor7

The Story of Mathematics

http://www.storyofmathematics.com/


40 posted on 04/22/2017 7:26:13 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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