The Golden Ratio (People)

Anushka, Yasmin and Reyna

Statement of Inquiry:

The golden ratio can be found everywhere including nature and as well as people. This task aims to inform us about how a simple rectangle can be used in several things.

To the human eye, this face might not look pretty but according to mathematics, this face is perfect!

How Does it Work?The Golden Ratio is an Irrational Number, which means thats you cannot write it as a simple fraction. For a matter of fact, its the furthest you can get from a simple fraction.

The Golden Ratio is special because its defined in terms of itself which can go on to fractions that go on forever (continued fraction)

*Those whose faces average closest toward phi are considered attractive.*

Fibonacci NumbersThe Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Numbers have a special relationship. Fibonacci Numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377

The ratio is really close to the Golden Ratio if you put 2 successive fibonacci numbers together.

In order to calculate...Here yo

u can see that

after you have m

easured

yourself, you

have to divide

that particular

number by the

other given numb

er. For each, it

has to be clos

est to 1.62 to

be considered

mathematically

beautiful, you

then add these

numbers up to

see your result

s out of Ten.

Here, above a 6,

is mathematically

beautiful.

Results...

These celebrities are

considered

mathematically beautiful, and ar

e beautiful.

After calculating the golden ra

tion of a

human, you get a score between

1-10 (from

least prefect face to the one tha

t is closest

to 1.61803398875). Becau

se its a

stereotype that celebrities are b

eautiful, it

makes sense that celebrities ra

rely score

below a 6. 10 being you fit

the ration

perfectly. And it also says th

at regular

people usually are ranked around

4-5.

Taylor Swifts trial Using Taylor Swift as an

example; she nearly has an ideal face. But, a lot of people see her as perfect. The length and width of her face is not in the proportion of the golden ratio.

Most beautiful celebrities in comparison to the Golden Ratio

1. Brad Pitt 9.67

2. Ryan Gosling 7.3

3. Angelina Jolie 7.13

4. Beyonce Knowles 7.28

5. Miley Cyrus 7.36

6. Kate Upton 7.46

7. John Mayer 6.42

8. Ben Affleck 6.55

9. George Clooney 6.77

10. Lena Dunham 6.82

However...People might look stunning, and possibly mathematically beautiful; but theyre not. Take Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, and Cara Delevingne for instance, they all DO NOT fit the Golden Ratio. Yet they are stunning!

Cara Delevingne

Jennifer Aniston

Angelina Jolie

We conclude,This beauty myth is based on bad science, bad psychology, and really bad

math.

Bibliographyhttp://www.goldennumber.net/face/

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/nature-golden-ratio-fibonacci.htmlhttp://io9.com/5985588/15-uncanny-examples-of-the-golden-ratio-in-nature

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/nature-golden-ratio-fibonacci.htmlhttp://facethis.blogspot.com/2012/01/perfect-face-golden-ratio-beauty.html

http://goldenbeautymeter.com/category/celebrity-ratio-results/http://www.anaface.com/