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 ...

Forrest Doyle of West Hartford has done woodworking for many years, but when he retired in 2004 from his career developing financial models for the insurance industry, his “retirement hobby” really ...

Pine cones. Stock-market quotations. Sunflowers. Classical architecture. Reproduction of bees. Roman poetry. What do they have in common? In one way or another, these and many more creations of nature ...

The world could use some good luck these days. Unfortunately, Ireland’s fabled solution — finding a four-leaf clover — remains as hard as ever to pull off this Saint Patrick’s Day. That’s because the ...

What do pine cones and paintings have in common? A 13th-century Italian mathematician named Leonardo of Pisa. Better known by his pen name, Fibonacci, he came up with a number sequence that keeps ...

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, ...

Spiraling stained glass windowed ceiling of the Thanks Giving Chapel in Dallas recreates the Fibonacci sequence Credit: James Kirkikis / shutterstock It's a big day for number nerds. The date Nov. 23 ...

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