Time for some simple mathematics that span across the scientific world. This week, we’re exploring just some examples of the “golden ratio”. * Enough of getting bogged down in the numbers, here’s ...

A Fibonacci sequence goes like this: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and 89. Each successive number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. So 1+1 =2 and 1+2=3 and 2+3=5. The scales on a pinecone, ...

These pinecones have eight spirals in one direction and thirteen in the other direction. These are both examples of Fibonacci numbers. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

If you don’t know what Fibonacci day is then go now and have a look at the calendar, write today’s date in the Month/Day format (11/23), you’ll notice a pattern, the first four digits of the famous ...

Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician during the 12th and 13th centuries that found a sequence of numbers that occurred frequently in nature. Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician during the 12th ...