Using Leonardo’s formula to explain why trees don’t splinter
22. Mar, 2012 
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Leonardo da Vinci observed that trees grow almost such that the summed up branch thickness (up to a particular tree height) is equivalent to the thickness of the trunk. Very few people notice this marveling observation despite the graceful taper of tree trunks to form branches, twigs and boughs being a very familiar scenario. Up [...]
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