I know little about math so please excuse the ambiguity of this post. I'm looking for the name and information of the phenomenon the describes a spiral that can get smaller and smaller without ending-like a nautilus shell.

I looked through this site and previous posts on the forums, but because I don't know the name of this principal, I was rather limited. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Blake

The spiral is mentioned in several place. In paticular, I. Stewart explains in "Life's Other Secrets" why Nautilus' shell pattern resembles that spiral. The book makes a wonderful reading.