Pythagoras: How to measure beauty – Human Face, The

Comedian John Cleese and model and actress Liz Hurley investigate how mathematics can reflect our perception of beauty. Includes some great tests that you can try out yourself! Do parts of your body divide into the ratio 1 to 1.618? Fascinating short video from BBC science show ‘The Human Face’.

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25 Responses to “Pythagoras: How to measure beauty – Human Face, The”

  1. koqekoq Says:

    are there any …
    are there any calculations done regarding bobbies and 1.618 ? hook me up with em : )

  2. missmarnip Says:

    falangie!
    that …

    falangie!
    that just reminds me of phoebe!

  3. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    Wish what? I dont …
    Wish what? I dont get why people say that when I havent requested anything…anyway, bye :-)

  4. muzammilali007 Says:

    as you wish. it was …
    as you wish. it was nice talking to you. Bye :)

  5. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    No need to confirm, …
    No need to confirm, I know I’m prettier. (You do know that I’ve been ironic from the start of this conversation, right?)

  6. muzammilali007 Says:

    well you can find …
    well you can find me on facebook incase you need to cofirm.

  7. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    As usual :-)
    As usual :-)

  8. muzammilali007 Says:

    ok dear you win, …
    ok dear you win, you’re the prettiest.

  9. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    Good…bet you’re …
    Good…bet you’re not as pretty as me though :-)

  10. muzammilali007 Says:

    good, so am I.
    good, so am I.

  11. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    Yeah thought so… …
    Yeah thought so…plus i’m still really really pretty anyway :-)

  12. muzammilali007 Says:

    I was sayin is that …
    I was sayin is that the value of a person is judged by the humbleness of the character not by the appearance.

  13. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    ARE YOU SAYING THAT …
    ARE YOU SAYING THAT IVE GOT A BAD ATTITUDE BITCH?! hehe

  14. muzammilali007 Says:

    the thing that …
    the thing that really matters is person’s ATTITUDE not the face.

  15. goodluckpeace44 Says:

    People are not …
    People are not beautiful, like they think they are. All are just food for this earth. But Italian artists used the human image(Italian peoples beautiful image) in their art, in the perfet form they can make. Italian people never put chest hair did they? It was impure to do that. But they wanted to imagine the most virgin like angels. Human body is not quite anotomicaly beautiful. Its sexualy beautiful, and biologicaly efficient.

  16. goodluckpeace44 Says:

    As a matter of fact …
    As a matter of fact, Golden Ratio is related to Fibonacci Numbers, which is related to how the certain plants and animals grow. Thus question of beauty lies in the fact that is this universe beautifuly made in all perfection to the man, or not? It is pathotic to use mathematics to measure peoples beauty, so if you generate fractals distinct from fbonacci patterns, you might still end up creating beauty

  17. goodluckpeace44 Says:

    there is no …
    there is no statement on earth that can make easy predictions about truth.

  18. JarvisCockerisGod Says:

    my mouth isnt wide …
    my mouth isnt wide enough for my nose :==] (

  19. salahamahdi Says:

    OK

    If your NOT …
    OK

    If your NOT IGNORANT……….

    …YouTube Mecca Kabba Miracle

    And discover whats been hidden from you

  20. salahamahdi Says:

    OK

    If your NOT …
    OK

    If your NOT IGNORANT……….

    …YouTube Mecca Kabba Miracle

    And discover whats been hidden from you

  21. joshgoddard123 Says:

    MILF
    MILF

  22. CharlotteC94 Says:

    Wow, maths and …
    Wow, maths and physics truley does have an answer for almost anything! Fascinating…

  23. Archontasius Says:

    after seeing this …
    after seeing this video, a lot of people will take a ruler and go in front of the mirror ^ ^

    but i think the golden ratio only goes for Humans…

    what about a beautiful horse? Beautiful Bonobo? you can’t use the golden ratio for them…

  24. VendedorDePastel Says:

    Aesthetics is very …
    Aesthetics is very likely the most subjective field of axiology.

  25. AristYdes Says:

    truth is true and …
    truth is true and reality is real