Lesson 2: The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio

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Leonardo Pisano

He is popularly known as Fibonacci

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fillius Bonacci

Fibonacci, a shortened word for the Latin term "_______," which means "son of Bonacci"

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Fibonacci Spiral

Using the first ten (10) numbers in the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 as dimensions of adjacent squares, you can create a _______. When arranged in a certain way, the Fibonacci sequence creates a special spiral pattern

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Divine Ratio or Divine Proportion

The Golden Ratio is also known as ______

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Phidias

The symbol of the golden ratio is the Greek letter "phi" – Ф (uppercase letter) or φ (lowercase letter). It is named after the Greek sculptor _______.

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Golden Ratio

It is an irrational number equal to 1.61803398874989484820... (approximately equal to 1.618)

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Golden Spiral

constructed using the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence Also known as Fibonacci spiral

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Mona Lisa

Many artists who lived after Phidias have used the Golden Rectangle and the Golden Ratio like Leonardo Da Vinci in this painting.

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Golden Rectangle

a rectangle whose sides are in the proportion of the Golden Ratio

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Parthenon in Greece

an example of a temple that is believed to have the Golden Ratio in them

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Proportions of the human body

The closer the _______ is to the Golden Ratio, the more aesthetic and beautiful the body is

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