Celebrate the simple mathematical sequence that is hidden in everything from sunflower spirals to Da Vinci's paintings Discover why the sequence is considered nature's secret code, governing ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

When Fibonacci introduced what would become an eponymous sequence, he did so using rabbits as an analogy. Breeding pairs of rabbits are able to multiply within their ranks infinitely. Unfortunately, ...

Fibonacci sequences are sequences of numbers whose first two elements are 0, 1, and such that, starting from the third number, every element of the sequence is the sum of the previous two. They are of ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. This work investigates the integration of Fibonacci patterns and Golden Ratio ...

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A Fibonacci spiral showing the Golden Ratio (Photo: Altitudevs/Dreamstime) The Fibonacci sequence reveals a hidden order in nature, art, and even the human body, and it is intimately connected to the ...

Converting between units is often something you have to do on the fly, and it is made easier when you memorise some rough equivalents. For instance, an imperial pint is 568 millilitres, but I often ...