In 1040,Lady Godiva“rode naked on a horse throughCoventry—a city in England. She was trying to persuade herhusband,the Earl of Chester,not to make the townspeoplepay more taxes.To show respect,everyone in the town s...In 1040,Lady Godiva“rode naked on a horse throughCoventry—a city in England. She was trying to persuade herhusband,the Earl of Chester,not to make the townspeoplepay more taxes.To show respect,everyone in the town stayedindoors so that they would not see her.One man peeped—quickly looked—through his window and so became known展开更多
Zhou Dan, an articulate lawyer, led a semi-secret life until recently when he was invited to give a talk to the Homosexual Studies class at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Recently attention has been drawn to the frequently observed fifth power of the golden mean in many disciplines of science and technology. Whereas in a forthcoming contribution the focus will be directed towards <i...Recently attention has been drawn to the frequently observed fifth power of the golden mean in many disciplines of science and technology. Whereas in a forthcoming contribution the focus will be directed towards <i>Fibonacci</i> number-based helical structures of living as well as inorganic matter, in this short letter the geometry of the Great Pyramid of the ancient Egyptians was investigated once more. The surprising main result is that the ratio of the in-sphere volume of the pyramid and the pyramid volume itself is given by π⋅<i>φ</i><sup>5</sup>, where <i>φ</i> = 0.618033987<span style="white-space:nowrap;">⋅<span style="white-space:nowrap;">⋅</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;">⋅</span></span> is nature’s most important number, the golden mean. In this way not only phase transitions from microscopic to cosmic scale are connected with <i>φ</i><sup>5</sup>, also ingenious ancient builders have intuitively guessed its magic before.展开更多
文摘In 1040,Lady Godiva“rode naked on a horse throughCoventry—a city in England. She was trying to persuade herhusband,the Earl of Chester,not to make the townspeoplepay more taxes.To show respect,everyone in the town stayedindoors so that they would not see her.One man peeped—quickly looked—through his window and so became known
文摘Zhou Dan, an articulate lawyer, led a semi-secret life until recently when he was invited to give a talk to the Homosexual Studies class at Fudan University in Shanghai.
文摘Recently attention has been drawn to the frequently observed fifth power of the golden mean in many disciplines of science and technology. Whereas in a forthcoming contribution the focus will be directed towards <i>Fibonacci</i> number-based helical structures of living as well as inorganic matter, in this short letter the geometry of the Great Pyramid of the ancient Egyptians was investigated once more. The surprising main result is that the ratio of the in-sphere volume of the pyramid and the pyramid volume itself is given by π⋅<i>φ</i><sup>5</sup>, where <i>φ</i> = 0.618033987<span style="white-space:nowrap;">⋅<span style="white-space:nowrap;">⋅</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;">⋅</span></span> is nature’s most important number, the golden mean. In this way not only phase transitions from microscopic to cosmic scale are connected with <i>φ</i><sup>5</sup>, also ingenious ancient builders have intuitively guessed its magic before.
