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Chapter 20

           618PHI!

           DespitePHI’sseeminglymysticalmathematicalorigins,Langdonexplained,thetrulymind-bogglingaspectofPHIwasitsroleasafundamentalbuildingblockinnature.Plants,animals,andevenhumanbeingsallpossesseddimensionalpropertiesthatadheredwitheerieexactitudetotheratioofPHIto1.

           «PHI’subiquityinnature,»Langdonsaid,killingthelights,»clearlyexceedscoincidence,andsotheancientsassumedthenumberPHImusthavebeenpreordainedbytheCreatoroftheuniverse.Earlyscientistsheraldedone-point-six-one-eightastheDivineProportion.»

           «Holdon,»saidayoungwomaninthefrontrow.«I’mabiomajorandI’veneverseenthisDivineProportioninnature.»

           «No?»Langdongrinned.«Everstudytherelationshipbetweenfemalesandmalesinahoneybeecommunity?»

           «Sure.Thefemalebeesalwaysoutnumberthemalebees.»

           «Correct.Anddidyouknowthatifyoudividethenumberoffemalebeesbythenumberofmalebeesinanybeehiveintheworld,youalwaysgetthesamenumber?»

           «Youdo?»«Yup.PHI.»Thegirlgaped.«NOWAY!»

           «Way!»Langdonfiredback,smilingasheprojectedaslideofaspiralseashell.«Recognizethis?»

           «It’sanautilus,»thebiomajorsaid.«Acephalopodmolluskthatpumpsgasintoitschamberedshelltoadjustitsbuoyancy.»

           «Correct.Andcanyouguesswhattheratioisofeachspiral’sdiametertothenext?»Thegirllookeduncertainassheeyedtheconcentricarcsofthenautilusspiral.Langdonnodded.«PHI.TheDivineProportion.One-point-six-one-eighttoone.»Thegirllookedamazed.

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