This undated photo shows a spruce cone with a marked fibonacci number sequence. A numbers sequence thought up by the 13th century Italian mathematician known as Fibonacci plays out in plants, from ...

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 ...

Math is exceedingly useful in physics, engineering and everywhere else, but let us not forget: math is also beautiful. Take the spiral, for instance. Simple mathematical spirals have been the focus of ...