OT Is There a Book on Fibonacci Numbers in Nature?

Oct 08, 2004 1 Replies

I was reading on the internet an interesting article about how Fibonacci numbers show up in nature all the time.



E. g. Pine Cones. Pinecones have spirals on them. You can see spirals that go to the right - 8 of them. There are also spirals that go to the left - 13 of them.



Last night I was shucking the summers last sweet corn for my mother. Out of boredom, I counted the number of shucks - 13.



Is there a book with all the occurrences of Fibonacci numbers in nature?


On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Dated from 1917 Amazon has it in paperback. The grandaddy of all the pattern books, and still the best.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

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