Maths in Nature?

You’ve probably heard about the Fibonacci sequence in your maths lessons or seen it in your maths exams, brushing it off as another few numbers forced upon you and shoved together by a teacher. For those who don’t remember, here are the first 10 numbers of the sequence:

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and so on...

What you might have failed to acknowledge that this sequence of numbers is the most beautiful to exist merely due to it's presence in nature. It seems that a peculiar amount of things in this universe come in either one of these numbers. Don’t believe it? Test it out. First up, flowers. Lillies have 3 petals, buttercups have 5 and daisies have 34. See any resemblance? These weird array of numbers appear in trees too, where the branches sprout off the 1 trunk into 2 branches at a level then 3 at the next then 5 and so on.

A more commonly known (and more believable to help me prove my point) version of the Fibonacci sequence is the Fibonacci spiral.

Geometric relationship of the Golden Ratio.

A visual representation of the unique sequence, it’s seen splattered ALL across the universe. Like, literally. From spiral galaxies, hurricanes, pine cones and shells, to faces, animals’ reproductive patterns and even our own DNA molecules. If you don't believe it to be universal law, let it be a strong tendency which every kind of matter seems to adhere to.

If you're somehow not yet convinced, there's further proof I can provide called the Golden Ratio. Each flower petal is placed at 0.6180339.... degrees per turn (out of 360 degrees). Before you run away, don't worry this has everything to do with the Fibonacci Sequence! It's the ONE number which comes as a result of dividing any bigger Fibonacci number by a smaller one. You must agree that it's weird that the ratio of any two numbers from this long long sequence is ALWAYS just 1.6180339...... and it seems to be the secret behind the series.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTlw7fNcO-0

https://io9.gizmodo.com/5985588/15-uncanny-examples-of-the-golden-ratio-in-nature