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 ...

The year 1202 saw the publication of one of the most famous and influential books in mathematics. Widely copied and imitated, Liber abaci introduced the use of Arabic numerals and the Hindu-Arabic ...

In this week’s Sunday Science Tidbit we take a look at the weather in a different way… the Fujiwhara Effect and the Fibonacci Spiral. You’ve heard me talk time and time again that the atmosphere is ...

Fibonacci numbers have all sorts of amazing properties and links to many different kinds of mathematics. They start off with 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 ...

Fibonacci Day is celebrated today, i.e., on November 23, because the date formation of today is 11/23 (1, 1, 2, 3), which represents the Fibonacci sequence. Leonardo Bonacci, today known as Fibonacci, ...

The Science Quiz appears twice a week in the daily science page. The page is available to read on all days except Saturday in the epaper. Questions (answers at the bottom): 1. Name the text written by ...

Expert team from the Italian Council of Research will explain how the Italian mathematician revolutionised western culture through numbers Roberto Natalini, scientific advisor at the Italian Council ...

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