... Archive of Physics: physics/ 0411195, 2004 The Golden Mean and the Physics of Aesthetics Subhash Kak Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Abstract The golden mean, Φ, ... function, then the pleasantness of the golden mean would be clear. On the other hand, neurophysiological structures are not quite two-dimensional, and therefore, there would 7be a component of the ... that the occurrence of the numbers 3, 7, and 22, in this series is not a coincidence and the above construction was behind the identification of the 22 micronotes in the Indian theory of music....