THE GOLDEN RATIO IN THE HUMAN BODY GABRIELLE NAHAS IBDP MATH STUDIES THURSDAY‚ FEBRUARY 23rd 2012 WORD COUNT: 2‚839 INTRODUCTION: The Golden Ratio‚ also known as The Divine Proportion‚ The Golden Mean‚ or Phi‚ is a constant that can be seen all throughout the mathematical world. This irrational number‚ Phi (Φ) is equal to 1.618 when rounded. It is described as "dividing a line in the extreme and mean ratio". This means that when you divide segments of a line that always
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Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” Andrea Sparks ENG 225 Instructor Moore May 28‚ 2012 Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” The Motion Picture of “The Golden Compass” is based on Philip Pullman’s novel “Northern Lights” (The first part in his novel trilogy “His Dark Materials”) and was rated pg-13 (indicating that the material within the film could be unsuitable for children under the age of thirteen (Murray‚ 2012))
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Literal Rule The literal rule is the primary rule which takes precedence over the others. Words and phrases should be construed by the courts in their ordinary sense‚ and the ordinary rules of grammar and punctuation should be applied. If‚ applying this rule‚ a clear meaning appears‚ then this must be applied‚ and the courts will not inquire whether what the statute says represents the intention of the legislature: ‘The intention of Parliament is not to be judged by what is in its mind‚ but
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Golden quadrilateral: The Government of India’s initiative for connecting the four major metropolitan cities namely Chennai‚ Kolkata‚ Delhi and Mumbai by expansion of existing national highways was taken in2001. The expansion project included linking of various major cities in India such as Vishakhapatnam‚ Pune‚ Kanpur‚ Vadodara and a few. The basic highlights of this project are as follows: • Funding is done through securitization of annuity payments which the GMR led consortium would obtain after
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Jason Jason‚ the son of Aeson‚ was the leader of the Argonauts and the husband of Medea. Because of a prophecy that Jason would someday do him harm‚ King Pelias of Iolcos sent Jason on a seemingly impossible quest to bring the Golden Fleece back from distant Colchis. For the quest‚ Jason assembled a crew of heroes from all over Greece; Argos built for the heroes the largest ship ever constructed‚ the Argo. On the voyage to Colchis‚ in addition to other adventures‚ Jason and his crew of Argonauts
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investigating truth by discussion and logical argument. Socrates started it in the fifth century Before Christ‚ in Athens. Here again it has been used by Brecht in his dramas‚ especially in “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”. Son : I still don’t understand. Father : My son‚ Dialectic is a process whereby contradictions merge to form a higher truth. Son : How do contradictions merge like that? Father : In any situation or discussion‚ when opposite ideas are juxtaposed
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The golden goblet by Eloise Jorvis McGraw tells that Ranofer lives with his step brother Gebu and Gebu is the ruler of the land. So Ranofer think there is something was weird with Gebu. So Ranofer looks in his room and he finds a golden goblet. So the best part of the story was when Ranofer finds the golden goblet and three reasons why this is the important part is that the golden goblet is in Gebus room‚ Ranofer stood perfectly still when he had seen the golden goblet‚ and that Gebu robbed a tomb
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Abstract The Golden Gate Bridge is a well-recognized landmark in the United States. This report provides you numerous information about one of the most astonishing suspension bridges in the world‚ it as well enlighten you with the history‚ design and the way that they have managed how to maintain the safety while construction was going on. The idea of a bridge linking the city with its neighbouring counties was appealing‚ but the mile-wide gap between San Francisco and Marin presented huge challenges
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“True happiness is... to enjoy the present‚ without anxious dependence upon the past and future.” This quote by the Roman Philosopher‚ Lucius Annaeus Seneca‚ represents the theme of the poem‚ Golden Retrievals‚ by Mark Doty. The poem displays the relationship between a distracted owner and his exuberant Golden Retriever. As the human contemplates both the past and future‚ the dog attempts to grab his owner’s attention and help him enjoy the moment‚ just as the dog does constantly in his life. While
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Golden Age of Islam Some people call the Middle Ages by the dark ages; however‚ it should be the golden ages. The golden age of Islam is a period of time that started from 786 to the 15th century [1]. The golden age of Islam begun with the first Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid when he opened the House of Wisdom where it has many scholars translated to many languages and mainly to Arabic [2]. In this period of time‚ there was a significant amount of improvement and discoveries in many directions
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