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nature's favorite shape because spirals pack the most into the least.
means A three-dimensional spiral curve that twists around a central axis, like a spring, a screw thread, or a strand of DNA.
from Straight from the Greek 'helix,' meaning a spiral or coil — the same root that gives us 'helicopter' (originally 'helico-pteron,' spiral wing). The Greeks used it for anything that wound around, from snail shells to the curling rim of an ear, which anatomists still call the helix today.
- dna twist
- your DNA makes a full turn every ten base pairs
- ear inside
- the cochlea is a helix coiled like a snail
- climbing plants
- vines spiral to grip and reach toward light
- named curve
- the word comes from Greek for twisted or spiral
- galaxy arms
- some spiral arms trace helical paths through space
dna double helix — discovered by watson, crick, franklin in 1953, the structure of all life
helix nebula — planetary nebula 700 light-years away in aquarius, looks like a giant eye
milky way helix — our galaxy's spiral arm structure, with solar system orbiting in helical path