The Fibonacci sequence -- in which each successive number is the sum of its two preceding numbers -- regularly crops up in nature. It describes the number of petals around daisies, how the density of ...

The Fibonacci Series, a set of numbers that increases rapidly, began as a medieval math joke about how fast rabbits breed. But it’s became a source of insight into art, architecture, nature, and ...

From pine cones to spiral galaxies, fascinating patterns of the Fibonacci sequence occur naturally in nature. Find out how this ancient sequence manifests in our world and beyond. Nature is disordered ...

Gael Mariani and Martin Scott perpetuate a series of myths in their letter about Fibonacci numbers in nature (3 September, p 19). It is true that the Fibonacci numbers are associated with a particular ...

An unusual arrangement of leaves in a 407-million-year-old fossilized plant is complicating scientists’ understanding of plant evolution. Most land plants living today have spiral patterns involving ...

Did you know there is a kind of technical analysis that shares structural similarities with hurricanes, nautilus shells, sunflowers, music, and human dimensions? These examples, along with countless ...

An interesting new project on Kickstarter offers a chance to own a solid metal Fibonacci Spiral Torus and Mega Mobius. If you’re not familiar with the torus they are linked to the Fibonacci sequence, ...