Page 29 - Photosynthesis: The Green Miracle

Harun Yahya

He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find
any flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again—do you
see any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to
you dazzled and exhausted! (Surat al-Mulk: 3-4)

In addition, there are a great many miraculous functions in a leaf’s
structural design. Professor Thomas Givnish, from University of
Wisconsin, a researcher into the structural mechanisms of leaves, says
this:
If mechanical efficiency were the only consideration, plants would all have
triangular leaves. 4

Along with mechanical structure, a great many other complex factors
enter the equation in the design in leaves. Not only are leaves not trian-
gular, but they display other characteristics.
The mathematical calculations that emerge in their sequencing is one
example. Leaves are arranged in such a way as not to cast shadows over
one another. As Givnish says:

A special mathematical cal-
culation determines the dis-
tribution of leaves on the
branch. In addition, leaves
narrow down toward their
stems, in much the same
way as kites. Thanks to
this special design,
leaves are prevented
from folding over and
casting shade on one
another.

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