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Evaluation and Conclusion

 According to my research from numerous sources and previous researches, I can conclude that the Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio have practical effects and applicability in various fields.  The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence can be successfully applied to a range of fields to add to artistic, aesthetic appeal, and add value to products, creations and crafts. Artists such as painters, musicians, sculptors, and architects can apply these to enhance their work and add to its practicality. Moreover, the two are a recurring observation in nature as well as history.  

Photography and Filmmaking

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  Composition in photography and film determines how the audience will artistically perceive it.  The Golden ratio is an unsaid rule of photography and film, widely used by photographers and cinematographers. The rule of thirds is a famous example of composition that is according to the golden ratio. It is a guideline that requires the subject, for example the person, placed in the right or left third of the frame, leaving the other 2 thirds open and free. 

Architecture

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 Structural harmony always elevates the aesthetic value of anything, including architecture. The book "De Architectura", a book by a Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius solidifies this statement. He also stated that architecture consists of order, arrangement, proportion, symmetry, décor, and distribution. Theorists, mathematicians, astronomers and architects such as Cartwright, Sartwell, Johannes Kepler, Akhtaruzzuman and Shafie. (Stakhov 42) Examples can be found scattered throughout history, dating back to Ancient Greece and Egypt.  It is speculated that in Gothic castles were made more durable as builders formed bricks in a specific rectangular "parallelepiped" shapes, and were referred to as "Golden Bricks". According to Akharuzzuman and Shafie pointed out that even in the Renaissance architecture contained hints of it.  Posamentier and Lehmann 231 states that many architects throughout the ages deliberately used the Golden Section "in their sketche...

Music

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  Mathematical harmony has, over the years, been used deliberately and unknowingly in musical composition. Mathematician Gottfried Leibnez wrote that "music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting." Italian composer and lutenist, Vincenzo Galelie also wrote a discourse on string theory, which states that "the universe is constructed by tiny vibrating particles", which are assumed to be even smaller than subatomic particles, and these interact with each other by twisting, folding and vibrating. They create phenomena like electromagnetism and gravity. This string theory may also be linked to sound and hence music.   Composers often rely on the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence to enhance their compositions, and construct balanced, melodic, dynamic movements and rhythms. Claude Debussy's music, for example, use the golden ratio, prominently the "dramatic" climax of "Cloches a travers les feui...

Art

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 The Golden Ratio And Fibonacci Sequence In Art And Architecture  Although humans are blessed with the gift of nature, we tend to enjoy aesthetically pleasing order and symmetry. According to evidence, humans are likely to detect symmetry in as little as 0.05 of a second! It is evident that humans do not only like seeing symmetry and Divine Proportion, but also working to create and display it. It can be seen in art and architecture.   In paintings, portraits and drawings, artists like following it.  Vitruvian Man (Leonardo Da Vinci)  The Great Wave (Katsushika Hokusai)   The Last Supper (Leonardo Da Vinci) Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) Rembrandt's Self Portrait Mondrian, Tableau 1. For example, the Vitruvian Man exhibits a pentagonal symmetry, and the square side to circle radius ratio is the golden ratio. The dimensions of the table and the proportions of the wall and background in Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" display an attempt of following the gold...

Animals

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 According to theorists Boeyens and Thackeray, The Golden Ratio is reflected in birds and in animal kingdoms, from large scale to minor entities.  For example, according to Boeyens and Thackeray, The Golden Spiral is visible even in elephant tusks, and as I was observing it, I realized that even its gathered trunk reflects the Golden Spiral.  Moreover, the Golden Spiral is also reflected in the horns of a ram. Matila C. Ghyka, a novelist and theorist identified a golden ratio between the leg of the horse and the vertical thickness of the body.  According to Akhtaruzzuman and Shafie, even a penguin's body reflects the proportions of Golden Ratio; with the eyes, beak, wing, and significant markings falling at the top golden sections.  The peacock's feathers are one of the most beautiful example of The Golden Ratio in nature.  The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence in more distinctly minute features includes "microtubules" of animal cells. In mammals, ea...

Insects

Bee Families: If a unmated female bee lays an unfertilized egg, it hatches a male bee, whereas a female bee is hatched if the egg is fertilized by a male.  Therefore, a male bee has 1 parent, 2 grandparents, 3 great grand parents, and 5 great great grandparents. This phenomenon is observed in the family tree of drone bees (lineage, forebears).  The number of ancestors at each level,  F n , is the number of female ancestors, which is  F n −1 , plus the number of male ancestors, which is  F n −2. Some insects happen to possess the ability to create harmonious structures and distinguish between mathematical shapes.  Moreover, the Fibonacci Sequence can be observed in body sections such as the position of eye-like spots, and the golden ratio can be observed on the shapes on butterfly wings.