Here’s the case for basing art and architecture on numbers from the Fibonacci sequence—and the case against it The golden ratio has been capturing the imagination of scholars for more than 2,000 years. Countless mathematicians, physicists, botanists, chemists and psychologists have pondered its meaning. Painters, sculptors, architects, composers and poets have embraced it for the … Continued
New and not-so-new books that captured our attention this month The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution By Keith Devlin In this scholarly 2011 biography of Leonardo of Pisa—the 13th-century math whiz better known as Fibonacci—author Keith Devlin documents a life of nearly unparalleled achievement. At the same time, Devlin shoulders the task of dispelling … Continued
A series of numbers known as the Fibonacci sequence revolutionized commerce and science. But can it help traders pick the right stocks? A 13th-century Italian mathematician known these days as “Fibonacci” helped create the modern world of commerce and finance by introducing Hindu-Arabic numerals and mathematics to Western civilization. The decimal-based system he popularized in … Continued