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A heat exchanger having an active surface over which a fluid flows to affect an exchange of heat between the active surface and the fluid, the active surface having a curvature which conforms substantially with at least one logarithmic curve conforming to the Golden Section.

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What is claimed is: 1. A heat exchanger having an active surface over which a fluid flows to effect an exchange of heat between the active surface and the fluid, the active surface having a curvature which conforms substantially with at least one logarithmic curve conforming to the Golden Section.

What is claimed is: 1. A heat exchanger having an active surface over which a fluid flows to effect an exchange of heat between the active surface and the fluid, the active surface having a curvature which conforms substantially with at least one logarithmic curve conforming to the Golden Section. 2. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface conforms substantially to the vorticity of a natural vortex to generate fluid flow over the active surface conforming to that of a natural vortex. 3. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface is adapted to cause vortical, rotational motion of the fluid flowing across the active surface. 4. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein heat energy is caused to propagate in a three dimensional logarithmic vortical motion in relationship to the secondary medium to which heat transfer is required. 5. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger provides a boundary between two sets of fluid flow to facilitate an exchange of heat from one fluid to another wherein both faces of the boundary comprise the active surface. 6. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger conforms substantially to the vorticity lines imagined in the structure of a natural vortex. 7. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the curvature of the active surface is uni-dimensional. 8. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the curvature of the active surface is bi-dimensional. 9. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface has a depth that can vary in accordance with the Golden Section. 10. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger comprises one or more vanes. 11. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface has a configuration conforming to the external configuration of a shell of the phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda or Cephalopoda. 12. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface conforms to the external configuration of shells selected from the genera Volutidea, Argonauta, Nautilus, Conidea or Turbinidea. 13. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface has a configuration conforming to the internal configuration of a shell of the phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda or Cephalopoda. 14. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the active surface conforms to the internal configuration of shells selected from the genera Volutidea, Argonauta, Nautilus, Conidea or Turbinidea. 15. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger comprises a duct of generally spherical or ellipsoidal configuration having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the curvature of the internal face of the structure between the inlet and the outlet conforms to a logarithmic curve substantially or in the greater part conforming to the characteristics of the Golden Section. 16. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat sink comprising one or more vanes extending from a body in respect of which heat is to be exchanged. 17. A heat exchanger as claimed at claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger, has the configuration of a whorl.