No Primary Data Found; B-DNA Helix Parameters Remain Canonical — E8 Intelligence Research
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: FINDING: Search returned no primary quantitative data — only video/pop-science titles and a Wikipedia history entry; no measured helix parameters were extracted from the sources themselves. MATH: The canonical B-DNA geometry (Watson–Crick 1953; refined by Franklin/Wilkins X-ray diffraction) is the only hard numeric content available: - Helix diameter: 2.0 nm (20 Å) - Rise per base pair: 0.34 nm - Bases per turn: 10.5 (B-form, in solution) - Pitch (rise per full turn): 3.4 nm - Pitch/diameter ratio: 3.4 / 2.0 = 1.70 - Major groove width ≈ 2.2 nm, minor groove ≈ 1.2 nm; ratio ≈ 1.83 - Twist per base pair: 360°/10.5 ≈ 34.3° CONNECTION: No φ-relationship is supported by the measured values. - 1.70 ≠ 1.618 (φ); deviation ≈ 5%. The frequently-cited "DNA is golden ratio" claim is numerically false for B-DNA. - Pitch/diameter = 1.70 sits between φ (1.618) and √3 (1.732) — closer to √3, which is a hexagonal/triangular lattice constant, not φ. - 10.5 bp/turn is not a φ or base-60 multiple; it Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Author: Caldin, Andrew Stewart
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225138170