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 ...

The chambers in this nautilus shell graduate at a rate of 1.618, a number defined as a divine proportion since ancient times. Because pleasing proportions don't just happen, borrowing a few ...

The Fibonacci sequence is one of mathematics' most intriguing patterns, influencing fields ranging from nature and art to the financial markets. This numerical sequence, ...

No single number has been more celebrated than the Fibonacci sequence. Alternately kowtowed to as the Golden Ratio, the Divine Proportion, and That One Really Awesome Spiral, this famous number ...

The first five numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are 1, 1, 2, 3, and 5. Each square on the clock represents one of these numbers—the side lengths of each square match these numbers.

Weekend Edition "Math Guy" Keith Devlin tells the story of this arithmetic revolution in his new book, The Man of Numbers.Numerals 0 to 9 had been around in Hindu and Arabic cultures for centuries ...

The term “mathematical art” usually conjures up just one name–that of Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972). Many people are familiar with Escher’s endless staircases, hyperbolic ...

Fibonacci numbers are created by adding each of the previous two digits. So 1+1 =2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, and so on. Many plants exhibit two sets of spirals going clockwise and counterclockwise and ...

A Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. Here, he uses the simple pattern of 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21.

Future of Art. A Smithsonian ... One such form is the “ Fib,” a type of poem based on the Fibonacci sequence in math. The Fibonacci sequence starts 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and so on; each term ...